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Senior Cost Accountant

Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: PORTLAND, WA
Salary: $-
Job Type: Full Time
JOB SUMMARY:
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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">***TO APPLY, please call Worksource Portland Metro East at 503-669-7112 opt. 2***     QUALIFICATIONS:  * A bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field   * At least 5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing setting  * Experience with ERP systems   * Experience reading and interpreting documents such as procedure manuals, work instructions, and software manuals.   * High level computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook     PREFERRED: Syteline experience     JOB DUTIES:  * Provide a cost accounting partnership to the supported departments, to strengthen procedures and methods and the analysis of cost reports and costing audits that are consistent with Company Standards, and to help identify initiatives within the organization to help reduce costs and increase efficiencies by developing reports and analyses that are useful to management  * Establish annual standards for material, labor, and overhead   * Do monthly tracking and maintenance of standard cost compared to actual cost and moving average cost   * Conduct product profit margin analysis (sales, standard cost, freight, manufacturing variances, and administration expenses)   * Provide analysis and explanation for fluctuations in inventory balances   * Conduct inventory tracking and analysis by product line   * Post monthly journal entries as they relate to inventory, sales, cost of sales, manufacturing variances, etc.   * Perform inventory/cost of sales account reconciliations   * Support operations, R& D, and business line leaders   * Develop new inventory controls   * Supports plant financial efforts in implementing and maintaining internal controls for operations   * Interact daily with sites, Finance, and other functional departments to provide commercial and financial support to operational sites and business unit   * Perform month-end journal entries and month-end close activities   * Implement and monitor a process for eliminating intercompany profit in inventory   * Analyze various costing records and ensures cost data is allocated correctly   * Analyze and expense unique work in process (WIP) projects   * Produce cost analysis for contract proposals   * Produce monthly gross profit, analysis reports   * Analyze credit return for account distribution and handling of returned goods   * Participate in annual audits and inventories.   * Assure timely month-end close   * Write routine reports and correspondence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 </font></td>
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KEY REQUIREMENTS:
60 Months   
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