Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Job Title: Cost Accountant

Department: Accounting

Reports to: Finance Director

Status: Exempt

Shift: Full-time, Monday - Friday

About Lohr North America:

LOHR North America brings to the entire region transport logistics industry, relevant innovations and products, but also tangible solutions tailored to each customer’s needs. LOHR has been the leading innovator in vehicle transportation for more than 50 years it is the global specialist in design, manufacture and marketing of goods transport systems.

Our Purpose

To offer customers secure, sustainable mobility solutions that meet 21st-century challenges linked to climate change in the field of transport.

To act as pioneers and innovate to strengthen our drawing power to ensure the company’s sustainability.

Our commitments:

Are based on trust: the mutual trust of our employees acting responsibly towards each other in their respective roles, the trust of our customers in meeting their requirements and the trust of our suppliers in the reliability of the progress of the activities we carry out with them.

This trust is the result of a firm commitment in the following fields:

· A Social Approach

· Health and Safety

· Quality

· Social Responsibility

Summary: The Cost Accountant analyzes and tracks production costs to help control expenses and improve profitability. This person will be responsible to calculate standard units ‘costs, and monitor raw material and labor usage. This person will also support monitor inventories (raw, WIP, finished goods, fixed assets…), will manage the budgeting process and several other financial reports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Cost Analysis & Control

• Calculate and monitor manufacturing costs
• Identify variances between actual costs and standard costs
• Monitor fixed expenses

Inventory valuation and management

• Oversee the valuation of raw material, work-in-progress and finished goods inventories
• Analyze inventory turnover
• Manage capital investments and fixed assets
• Monitor cycle counts & obsolete inventory

Reporting & Financial analysis

• Stakeholder in the closing process: prepare and analyzes the P&L statement
• Prepares detailed costs reports
• Manage the budgeting process and any other forecasting reports

Compliance & Controls

• Support internal & external audits
• Maintain documentation of cost accounting procedure

Process improvements

• Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements
• Implement automation when possible

Ad Hoc reports & duties to meet business goals

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (minimum: pivot tables, VLOOKUP, database analysis)
• Minimum 1-3 years of related experience in manufacturing cost accounting: familiarity with basic manufacturing cost components

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with variance analysis, standard costing/inventory valuation and budget/forecast cycles
• Experience on ERP or accounting systems (QuickBooks or Fishbowl a plus)
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Effective communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to produce results with minimal supervision
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights

Travel Requirements:

• None

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Work Environment:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

All Employees :

• Support and participate in the organization’s Continual Improvement Program to conform to ISO 9001 requirements by complying with the Quality Policy and procedures and meeting QMS objectives.

Summary Pay Range

$75,000.00 - $90,000.00

Compensation offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Disability and Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Company Contribution 6%, vest from day one.

EEO statement

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer! It is the policy and commitment of the company to maintain a work environment that provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all its employees and applicants. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital/domestic partner status, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other applicable lawfully protected basis. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

We seek to employ individuals qualified for a position by virtue of job-related educational standards, training, experience, and personal qualifications.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.