Manufacturing Accountant

Established Searcy, Arkansas (45 minutes north of Little Rock, Arkansas) Manufacturer is seeking a Manufacturing Accountant with Cost Accounting experience for their state of the art facility. This position will be responsible for all Cost Accounting Activities, profitability by customer and product line and production analysis.Key AccountabilitiesEnsure maintenance of bill of materials and routers in conjunction with Master Data functionPerform annual standard cost roll and reconciliationPrepare and analyze job costing at both plant and item levelPrepare cost estimates, maintain activity rates and analyze cost trendsPerform variance analysis on base materials, resins, inks, other materials and labor focusing on price usage and mix variancesAssist in the preparation of annual production budgets and related capacity planningAssist in inventory control and material management functions as requiredMaintain and track reporting of cost/profit improvement plans for the sitePerform and track customer profitability analysis for customersOversee accounting offload and other capacity planning tasksReviews finished good inventory for proper valuationReviews Cost Center Expenditure reports weekly for potential savings opportunities, meets weekly with cost center managers on checkbook PO analyses and actual vs budget expense flux analysisPerforms other duties as assignedQualificationsEducation And ExperienceBachelors degree in accounting, finance or economics2+ years in financial accounting experience2+ years cost accounting experience in a plant environmentWhy is This a Great OpportunityStable OrganizationGreat work atmosphereNew facility Growing CompanyGreat Benefits and BonusSearcy, Arkansas has 23,000 people, a college town (Harding University)Searcy is 45 min. from Little Rock, Arkansas