Cost Accounting Manager

1 month ago

Story City, United States American Packaging Corporation Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

AMERICAN PACKAGING CORPORATION

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.


Cost Accounting Manager


LOCATION: Story City, IA


SUMMARY: Primary responsibilities include reviewing job costs, profitability reports, manufacturing reports, and inventory valuations that accurately reflect the results for the COE.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

  • Inventory Valuation: Review the monthly valuation of Raw Materials, Work-in-Process and Finished Goods. Follow up on variances.
  • Manufacturing Results: Review the monthly manufacturing reports. Follow up on significant variances.
  • Cost Analysis: Update monthly product development costs. Prepare cost and profitability analysis. Prepare and analyze various “what if” scenarios.
  • Analytical Review: Review production reports, job costs, and profitability reports to improve processes and profitability.
  • Assist with development and implementation of reporting systems for inventory and manufacturing.
  • Serve as backup to the Cost Accounting Specialist and other COE Cost Accounting Managers
  • Prepare schedules for budgeting and the year-end audit.
  • Assist with planning and coordination of cycle counts and the year-end physical inventory.
  • Serve on various teams working on manufacturing issues.
  • Work with manufacturing in tracking achievement of profit improvement plans.
Requirements:

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

· Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field from four-year college or university plus 5 years of experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

· Previous manufacturing experience preferred, but not required.

· Previous job cost accounting experience preferred, but not required.


PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Strong leadership skills
  • Proven problem solver with excellent analytical skills
  • Experience and comfort with a variety of computer systems and exporting/analyzing data in Excel, including joining data from multiple sources.
  • Experience in operational accounting, manufacturing, and/or cost accounting
  • Enjoy a fast-paced environment and are dedicated to driving and achieving results.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.


MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure including whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.


REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.


OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES

Candidate must possess/exhibit the following skills/abilities:

· Reliability: at work every day on time

· Accuracy: uncompromised

· Communication Skills: technical information, internal/external customers, all levels of employees

· Conflict Resolution

· Attention to Details

· Independence

· Innovation: constantly re-develop systems and processes

· Manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.

· Organizational skills

· Professionalism/professional demeanor

· Team: work as a member with all employees

· Proficiency in MS Office products including Excel.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance. The employee is regularly required to hear.


WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.
If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at:

talentacquisition@americanpackaging.com.

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