Senior Cost Accountant
Senior Cost Accountant
Job Title
Senior Cost Accountant
Location
Ocala, Florida
About Us
Ingersoll Rand is a global leader in providing reliable, highly efficient and low maintenance systems and solutions for various industries. delivering proven expertise, productivity and efficiency improvements. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.
Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Accountant to support our Ocala Manufacturing Location. The Senior Cost Accountant should be strategic, a team player with a positive attitude, be proactive, manage complex tasks, and possess a high attention to detail. The Senior Cost Accountant must have the ability to collaborate with peers and management and demonstrate exceptional judgement and a high degree of professional maturity.
Responsibilities
- Assists the Controller with deliverables and deadlines as needed
- Supports annual standard cost process
- Assists with calculating and reporting cycle count metrics and related reconciliations
- Completes all monthly reports on a timely basis with zero defects
- Reviews transactions to insure proper impact on perpetual and G/L records
- Reviews variances to determine cause
- Proactively seeks out ways to improve processes and accuracy and drive efficiency
- Monitor processes and controls relating to inventory transactions and reporting failures and areas for improvement
- Natural curiosity to understand workflows and how actions throughout the warehouse impact other areas
- History of taking initiative and being solution-oriented
- Report on variances from standard costs, understanding root cause and corrective actions
- Performs the monthly accounting close process, balance sheet reconciliations and journal entry postings
- Support compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and related audits
- Assists excess and obsolete inventory review
- Support site payables process
- Other adhoc requests/analysis/projects
Basic Qualifications
- Four-year degree in Accounting or Finance required; advanced degree or chartered certification (CMA, CFA, CPA) is a plus.
- Experience with SAP preferred
- Exceptional analytical skills
- 1 to 2+ Years in Manufacturing Finance with direct costing accounting experience.
- Knowledge of GAAP and SOX
- Strong PC skills (Excel, Access, Power-Point) required
- Experience with Hyperion Consolidation tools a plus
- Proven ability to work well in a cross-functional and remote environment
- Proven ability to manage multiple critical projects in a fast paced environment
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all levels of the organization
Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements
Fully site based
Key Competencies
Absolute KEY skills needed for role
• Cost experience
• Manufacturing experience