Senior Cost Analyst

What you will be doing:

• Maintains standard manufacturing cost files for items manufactured in this location for pricing, inventory and scrap valuation purposes. Works with production to report and understand production variances.
• Prepares numerous reports for management on labor, material, and overhead. Investigates significant variances to budget. Ensures distribution of monthly cost of sales which include key measurements like HPC, non-productivity and scrap.
• Assists in the preparation of monthly cost of sales through operating margin and product line reconciliations.
• Works as part of a team in Cost Accounting and related functions following company policy and GAAP. Follows and implements cost accounting and internal control procedures within general company policy. Works directly and indirectly with internal and external auditors at various times throughout the year.
• Responsible for development of monthly accruals and journal entries for obsolescence, calculation of inventory change.
• Responsible for establishing and evaluating labor and overhead rates. Reviewing on a quarterly basis and updating standards with new rates at the end of the year.
• Responsible for summarizing actual and budget costs on expense AR’s, summarizing charges from labor allocation reports, and determining charges from detailed transaction analysis and accounts payable distribution reports.
• Provide expertise and resources for other special projects as needed.

What you will bring along:

• Three to five years accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Basic knowledge of IMMEX (Import and Export) operations and or procedures.

• Basic knowledge of Mexican Tax laws.

• Basics of invoicing requirements under Mexican law.

• Basic knowledge of Cost Centers control environment.

• Knowledge of PC hardware and software programs including Microsoft Office, SAP, and IBM Planning Analytics preferred.