Senior Cost Accountant

Overview:

A JAB Recruitment client is seeking for a Senior Cost Accountant in Houston, TX (West Little York area, 77041). In this role, you will develop and maintain financial data, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure accurate and responsive financial reporting with a direct line of communication to the Operations Director and Accounting Manager.

The role is full-time direct hire - working schedule of 8am to 5pm Monday - Friday. Friday (can be an earlier start time but no later than 8:00 am).

Please note:

- If hired, training will be in-office for about 3 to 6 months depending on learning capability and then will move to a hybrid schedule (2 days remote and 3 days in-office).

- No relocation assistance is offered.

- Must have stable work tenure (not looking for candidates who have moved position every 1-2 years)

- Previous experience working within the manufacturing industry

- Must have at least 5 years of cost accounting experience

Main duties & responsibilities:

- Confidence in communicating and presenting results and analytical data to senior management across various parts of the organization.

- Possess robust organizational, analytical, problem-solving skills, and accounting/operational expertise.

- Being data aware, can understand what data is available and how it can be leveraged.

- Complete ad-hoc financial analysis and operational accounting projects as required.

- Developing automated streamline processes for reporting and/or data analysis.

- Engage in daily interaction as well as drive collaboration and guidance with operations and finance personnel.

- Analysis, manage, and distribute the weekly and monthly financial schedules on the balance sheet and income statement.

- Reviewing and approving of monthly account reconciliations in Blackline.

- Assisting with the monthly project POC forecast.

- Assisting with the monthly review of project budgets.

- Partner with various teams to provide financial instruction and technical assistance on operational transactions or processes.

- Driving the review of system annual standard costs and executing in the system.

- Assisting in the preparation of annual budgets for review by upper management.

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with a minimum of 5 years of accounting, auditing, or other relevant experience.

- FP&A experience required.

- CPA, CMA, MBA or equivalent preferred

- Extensive Microsoft Excel knowledge.

- Oracle, Hyperion, Smart View, Snowflake, Power BI, and Alteryx experience a plus.