LEAD COST ANALYST

Title: LEAD COST ANALYST

Job Location: Milan, Ohio

Shift: Day shift

Duration: Full Time/Permanent

Job Description:

Position Overview:

The Lead Cost Analyst will be responsible for providing cost accounting support to multiple Roofing Systems manufacturing facilities, developing and implementing consistent, streamlined financial process and procedures across the RS product platform, and completion of comprehensive financial analysis including bench marking plants, analysing strategic capital asset projects, deep diving operational performance, and platform cost take out initiatives.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Full financial support for plant management
• Detailed project capital and expense tracking (for remainder of plant build project)
• Position will evolve to multi-plant responsibility
• Review, analyse, and approve all project and facility maintenance spend
• Preparation of monthly forecasting (remainder of year forecast) and annual operating plan
• Month-end and Year-end close activities
• Assist in development of plant BOMs, routings, and standards
• Drive development of plant financial operating plan
• Preparation and analysis of month-end reports and project update (for remainder of plant build project)
• Works closely with the BPS/IT team to help resolve system issues and assist with integrated plant set-up in SAP
• Reconciliation of related general ledger accounts
• Actively create and improve financial processes and procedures for the project and ultimately for plant operations
• Ability to perform financial and strategic analysis to enable accurate business
• decisions and/or investments
• Help to identify and drive cost reduction and working capital opportunities
• Involvement in plant/project procurement
• Additional assignments as needed

What You Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting and a minimum of 5 years finance/accounting experience with 2 years of cost accounting and/or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated leadership capability
• Demonstrated analytical ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Process focused
• Computer proficiency
• Experience with SAP or ERP systems a plus
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting
• Experience with Month-end and year-end close activities
• Moderate travel required (0 - 10) days per year
• Work environment is typical of an office setting

CANDIDATE DETAILS

5 to 7 years experience

Seniority Level - Mid-Senior

Management Experience Required - No

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

IDEAL CANDIDATE
- Need cost accounting experience, have worked in accounting/finance within a plant environment

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $72,000.00 - $96,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Milan, OH 44846: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (Required)
• Cost accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• ERP systems: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $72,000 - $96,000