Cost Accountant

• Maintains financial records and ensures that financial transactions are properly recorded
• Ensures the accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger
• Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements and other financial reports
• Analyzes current costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses
• Understands key business drivers
• uses this understanding to accomplish own work
• Solves standard problems by analyzing possible solutions using experience, judgment and precedents
• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team
• works within guidelines and policies
• Explains information to others in straight forward situations
• Analyze the Material Cost proposed changes by investigating and documenting the driving factors, ensuring they are aligned to the Budget Costs – document the review and prepare supporting documentation
• Create and update BOMs, Routes, and associated costing activities for new and existing part numbers
• Prepare weekly inventory reporting of Raw/WIP/MRO Inventory and daily production to-stock reporting
• Prepare and reconcile month-end inventory reports to the General Ledger
• Process the associated journal entries including preparation, recording and collection of supporting documentation
• Complete the final month-end to-stock reporting and prepare the associated Cost of Production journal entries including preparation, recording, and collection of supporting documentation

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
• 2 – 5 years of progressive accounting experience
• preferred cost accounting/accounts payable experience
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, organization skills, work ethic, and high level of integrity required
• Strong team player
• proactively able to step in to support other team members as needed and share knowledge to allow cross training of all functions, builds collaborative relationships
• Must be able to work well under pressure, effectively handle conflict, and demonstrate flexibility in work style to accommodate changing priorities and fixed deadlines
• Ability to work effectively and independently
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong proficiency with ERP/Financial systems/Epicor or CMS experience a plus
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Suite, specifically Excel and using complex formulas, pivot tables, and macros
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada on a permanent basis without sponsorship

Epicor or CMS experience a plus