Gables Search Group Looking for Senior Cost Accountant (Manufacturing) at Chicago, Illinois Full Time

Seeking a Senior Cost / Manufacturing Accountant for a client in North Chicago. The Senior Accountant will support the Division Controller in all areas of financial reporting.

• Base Salary of $80k – $90k plus benefits
• Manufacturing environment (preferably engineered to order) or service experience a plus
• Project accounting/cost accounting experience required

Responsibilities

• Fiduciary – Maintain controls and procedures to ensure that company assets are properly recorded and protected.
• Business partner – Provide financial reports to operations and financial management. Team with division management and staff to improve business processes, profitability, and working capital management.
• Reconciles balance sheet accounts, including accounts of significant financial impact
• Prepares journal entries
• Assists with month-end close activities
• Prepares financial reports with accompanying analysis explaining variances from historical trends or expected results.
• Assists operations management in performing make/buy decisions or preparing business case financial evaluations required to obtain approval for purchasing fixed assets
• Analyzes manufacturing variances
• Directly involved in the POC/Completed Contract Revenue recognition process
• Assist with implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures
• May assist in tracking cycle count effectiveness
• Assists in the development of standard labor and overhead rates.
• Assists in budgets and forecasts
• Ad hoc financial reporting
• Balances intercompany activity with other divisions
• Participates on cross-functional or financial process-improvement teams

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• Minimum 4 years of accounting experience required, preferably in manufacturing and/or project environment
• Microsoft office software competence, especially excel and word
• Experience with an ERP system, Oracle preferred
• Honest, full and open disclosure
• Able to handle average and multiple tasks with limited direction
• Persistent and diligent with unquestionable integrity
• Detail and results oriented, excellent accuracy and commitment to meeting deadlines
• Analytical – macro (financial trends, comparisons, relationships) and micro (getting to “root cause”)
• Good oral and written presentation skills, including organizing data in spreadsheets and graphs
• Accepts constructive feedback and strives for continuous improvement