What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Accountant position at Robert Half?
Robert Half is currently working with a dynamic client seeking a Cost Accountant. This critical Cost Accountant role is responsible for the ongoing analysis of product cost, development of new product cost and margin analysis. This role will also establish customer pricing by working closely with the sales teams and senior financial management team. Are you a talented Cost Accountant looking for a position with a company experiencing substantial growth?
Remote work offered for local Colorado Springs Candidates!
What you get to do every day
- Examine the data collected and log a detailed record of the results
- Generate costs and cost saving ideas based on analysis
- Perform internal cost audits
- Develop and maintain the cost accounting system, documents, and records of the organization
- Decide costs of business activity, including raw material purchases, inventory, and labor usage, waste
- Generate reports for management that specify and compare factors that affect prices and profitability of products or services
- Manage the implementation of a standard costing methodology for domestic plants
- Help prepare general ledgers and assist in audits
- Approximate costs for new and proposed products- Carry out variance analysis such as Purchase Price to Cost variance, cost revaluation, Invoice to PO price variances and work order variances
- Maintain the cycle count program and take physical inventory
- Examine manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
- Review changes in goods or services provided in order to determine what effect it has on the cost
- Follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for financial statements
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Required
-1 years of accounting experience
-Familiar with QuickBooks & Microsoft Excel preferred
Salary : $50,000 - $60,000
