Sr. Cost Analyst

Primary Responsibilities

- Partner with Plant leadership to assist in financial analysis and decision making in support of the financial health of the facility

- Implementation and ongoing maintenance/support of Cost Configurator module in JDE for Tuboscope facilities

- Assists in developing, implementing, managing and continually measuring processes ensuring the accuracy of job costing standards, including annual and ad-hoc cost roll exercises as required

- Ensure integrity of Work Order processing from material issues, labor postings, and associated variances

- Provide insight and guidance to profitability of various functions and products within the Plant in order to partner with Management and improve results

- Review and monitor WIP and outside process clearing account and adjust as necessary

- Annual Budget and rolling Forecast to include Hours, Headcount and Production expenses (Direct and Indirect)

- Support production team with ad-hoc inquiries, requests and reporting

- Work closely with Plant management to analyze daily, weekly and monthly work in process (WIP)

- Reviews accuracy of Plant processes, including Purchased parts cost verification, Router development, Overhead cost verification, Labor rate verification

- Produces and analyzes month end reports, including variance reporting and plant Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) performance

- Performs duties associated with SOX compliance, including WIP reconciliation, WIP subledger aging, Inventory reconciliation and Manufacturing Segregation of Duties

- Prepare ad-hoc data analysis and reports for operations management as needed

- All other duties as assigned

- Review balance sheet and P&L accounts and provide detailed variance explanations and resolve potential errors

Technical Competencies

- Strong Excel Skills

- Strong skills and knowledge of accounting theory and application of financial principles

- Experience with Hyperion & Smartview is beneficial

- Strong experience with JDE or similar accounting system as it relates to job costing

Job Specific Competencies

- Excellent communication and organization skills.

- Must be detail oriented with strong analytical skills

- Ability to analyze manufacturing process costing, identify variances and drive adjustments to standards

- Skilled in identifying trends and drawing conclusions from large amounts of data

- Pro-active operating style requiring high energy level and tolerance to tight deadlines

- Ability to build and manage team

Education and Experience Requirements

- Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance preferred)

- Minimum of 5 years cost accounting experience or equivalent preferred.