Cost Accountant (Asheboro)

Were partnering with a leading national food manufacturer that is hiring a Cost Accountant. This is a key player in supporting the plant's financial team with costing, budgeting, forecasting and month end closures. The Cost Accountant will help support two facilities and will have access to advancement on the financial team.

Location : commutable from Greensboro, NC

Job Responsibilities :

• Assist corporate cost accounting team with review and input to the monthly standard cost update and review of all facility BOMs for accuracy.
• Reconcile invoices, apply accurate G / L codes, cost centers, and data entry of invoices into ERP system for processing as applicable.
• Ownership of Plant standard cost system, providing insight and analysis of drivers of performance
• Participate in the development of data-driven, fact-based information to support decisions enabling productivity measures to reduce overall cost.
• Play a critical role in the month end closing process; preparing journal entries for approval and investigating variances.
• Prepare and analyze daily material yield and loss.
• Assist department management with development procedures that improve the accuracy of functional performance reporting and identification opportunities for further cost reduction across the operation.

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