Cost Accountant jobs in United States, Pennsylvania, West Whiteland Township

• Prepare journal entries related to manufacturing accounting and inventory reserves to support accurate and timely financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and corporate financial policies
• Process manufacturing orders as part of the month-end close process
• Participate in other monthly close activities for plants in area of responsibility
• Prepare account reconciliations to ensure proper balance sheet valuation
• Calculate standard costing of products in SAP as part of new product workflow
• Monitor variances to standard cost and correct any erroneous errors
• Support the periodic cycle count process
• Reconcile 3rd party warehouses
• Ensure appropriate controls and compliance with US GAAP
• Support and assist other functions within the business as required

• Bachelor's Degree Accounting or Business with concentration in Accounting/Finance or equivalent experience required

• Minimum 3 years Accounting required

• Accounting experience, preferable in a manufacturing environment using SAP or other ERP
• Understanding of GAAP and internal control principles
• Highly proficient in written and spoken English
• Working knowledge of MS Office or the willingness to learn it quickly with highly proficient Excel skills
• Strong communication skills
• Strong people skills – approachable, good listener, empathetic
• Strong learning capacity
• Ability to work independently in global environment
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times

• Must be able to understand direction and adhere to established procedures
• Must be able to communicate effectively, speak in front of groups, express and exchange ideas and understand direction
• Maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Able to learn and apply new information or new skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make independent and sound judgments
• Demonstrates enthusiasm, takes accountability and drives for results
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• • Preparation of documents filed with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other documents, as necessary. Additionally, oversee the benefit plan financial statements/audit, as well as certain statutory financial statements/audit;
  • Evaluate and analyze the company’s disclosures in our periodic SEC filings as compared to the required disclosures as prescribed under U.S. GAAP;
  • Lead the effort on new accounting standard adoption and documenting, in the form of memos, the Company’s position on our more complex technical accounting areas;
  • Monitor, research and interpret new U.S. GAAP pronouncements and SEC reporting requirements, and assess and document the impact on the Company’s financial statements and disclosures;
  • Complete and maintain financial surveys required by the US Census Bureau and other governmental bodies;
  • Owner of process improvement of certain control processes, including those within external reporting and other assigned areas such as Pension and Goodwill/Intangibles, and ability to offer enhancements/efficiencies to the existing processes;
  • Interact with cross-functional teams that include controllership, financial planning and analysis, operations, treasury, tax, investor relations, legal, human resources, internal and external audit, and others, as necessary, ensuring accuracy and consistency of information exchange including investor relations press releases, proxy statements, audit committee presentations, and other materials, as necessary;
  • Perform special projects and other duties assigned by Controllership team, as necessary;
  • Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Public Accounting; candidate may be direct from public accounting or a mix of experience, including public accounting and private industry experience in multinational manufacturing companies.

• Strong understanding of US GAAP, SEC reporting requirements and Sarbanes-Oxley 404
• Experience with SAP and HFM preferred
• Ability to work effectively with teams and manage multiple tasks in order to meet tight deadlines
• Effective functional and technical knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong team player
• Ability to work on multiple complex projects and bring those projects to successful conclusion
• Demonstrated success in working across multiple levels of the organization including senior leadership
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Able to comply with the company’s safety policy at all times

Active CPA license greatly preferred

• Position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. May need to stand or sit for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger and reach with hands and arms
• Use written and oral communication skills
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, tight deadlines, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make work independently and sound decision making
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description

You will be a key strategic partner to our global proprietary business, leading product costing, accounting, and process and system enhancements within the centralized cost accounting COE, supporting West’s Global manufacturing operations across the globe.

We are seeking an experienced leader for this team who has a strong understanding of cost accounting as well as with business process definition, system implementations, and working cross-functionally with the global leadership team. This role is responsible for managing aspects of manufacturing accounting for multiple plants and setting the strategy around costing for the division. This includes developing and monitoring the accuracy of inventory valuation and standard costs in accordance with GAAP requirements as well as month-end financial closing, reconciliations, and reporting.

• Setting strategic goals and long-term objectives within the cost accounting team
• Developing and maintaining policies and procedures within the cost and inventory accounting function and drive consistency and standardization within the wider cost accounting team
• Drive value in West through collaboration with senior leaders to align departmental strategies with organizational goals, and ensure execution on these strategies
• People:• Own inventory valuation and product costing processes within scope of role
• Lead SAP implementation for the FICO module as it relates to plant accounting, product costing, and associated master data as plants transition manufacturing to S4
• Oversee the plant level month end close tasks including the preparation of journal entries, reserve and variance analyses, and account reconciliations for all manufacturing locations supported by the wider cost accounting team
• Responsible for coordinating all the details to develop the annual standard costs in collaboration with FP&A, Supply Chain Planning and Operations
• Ensure appropriate controls and compliance with US GAAP
• Support and assist in the global initiatives relating to cost accounting for all regions/divisions of West
• Support and assist other functions within the business as required

• Bachelor's Degree required

• Minimum 10 years within Cost Accounting with
• Minimum 10 years of post-qualification experience in a manufacturing industry required
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience as leading the Finance function of a company required

• Extensive knowledge of SAP
• Understanding of the manufacturing environment and the associated financial processes
• Knowledge of supply chain, receiving, inventory flow, operations process and manufacturing principles
• Strong ability to assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem
• Ability to effectively analyze transactional level detail in an enterprise resource planning system and articulate the key findings to senior management
• Ability to multi-task and drive actions to completion under strict deadlines
• Understanding of GAAP and internal control principles
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• MBA, CPA, or CMA
• Prior SAP implementation experience