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Cost Accountant

by Andersen Windows

Position Type: Full-time
Location: Strathroy, Ontario
Date Posted: Nov 30, 2016
Experience: 3 Years
Andersen Windows

Job Description

PURPOSE:  This position is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the financial results as reported through the cost and inventory systems by performing the following duties:
 
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Product Costing
  • Provide accurate costs for manufactured products
  • Interact with different departments including production associates on various projects as assigned
  • Sort information into a logical and useful format using complex Excel formulas
  • Provide support to business projects
  • Update and maintain costing files for several manufactured products
 
Physical Inventory
  • Work with assigned plant personnel through the inventory process to ensure that all the necessary inventory processes and procedures are completed
  • Assist with physical inventory results analysis and any corresponding inventory gain or loss
  • Liaison with other functional areas to ensure all issues are being addressed in a timely manner
  • Update Physical Inventory costing files and ensure they are maintained on a regular basis
 
Product Life Cycle Management Process (PLM’s)
  • Participate in the PLM project team for assigned support area
  • Provide direction to the PLM team related to data, costing and inventory changes
  • Perform PLM Cost and Inventory Accounting steps
 
Period Close
  • Completion of period end material consumption model to ensure all material costs are accounted for
  • Review results of material consumption adjustments and inventory balances at period end with delivery partners
  • Perform Sales and product line profitability analysis

Projects
  • Identify and highlight operational savings opportunities and assist in related projects
  • Assist the Finance Department in special projects as required
  • Other Duties as assigned
 
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
Education and Experience
  • 3-5 Years Costing related experience
  • CPA designation preferred
  • Understanding of cost and inventory systems an asset
  • Understanding of Cost and Management Accounting
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Excel
  • Analytical skills that enable the interpretation of financial data
Skills and Expectations:
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to multi-task several projects at once
  • Able to work independently exercising sound judgment in reviewing & assessing data
  • Able to handle heavy workload and work under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Flexibility and willingness to adjust quickly to changing priorities
  • Strong communication skills (verbal, written & listening)
  • Professional, positive manner a must
 
ANDERSEN CORPORATE VALUES
Each employee is responsible for upholding these values in their daily activities.
 
SAFETY:  We are committed to the safety and well being of the people who come into contact with our products.  This includes those involved in our business process of product design, manufacturing, distribution, installation, and after-sale service as well as the people into whose homes and buildings our products are installed.  Safety is our highest priority.
 
INTEGRITY:  We are committed to working fairly and honestly with all those with whom we come in contact.  This principle is the fundamental foundation of our business success.
 
TEAMWORK:  We foster an environment where individual skills and talents are recognized and encouraged to thrive in a cooperative team environment.
 
INNOVATION:  We capitalize on the strengths of our heritage and adapt them to the challenges of the future.  Our motto “different and better” connotes innovation, aesthetic and economic value, going beyond the expected into the surprising - it is our rallying cry; it is our pride!
 
EXCELLENCE:  We set the highest standards for our professional performance, our products and service.  We recognize that today’s excellence is tomorrow’s average; therefore, we are committed to continuous quality improvement in all that we do.
 
INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY:  We believe that respect for each other’s cultures, point of view, professional business styles and differing performance abilities significantly contributes to our working together to achieve our business goals with trust and creativity.
 
CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP:  We believe that we have a direct and compelling responsibility to our communities to conduct our business ethically, to engage in responsible stewardship of the environment, and to concern ourselves with the welfare of the people in the communities in which we work.
 
ANDERSEN “CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT”
Each employee is responsible for adhering to the Andersen Code of Business Conduct.
 
 
 
 

Application Contact Information

Company Name:   Andersen Windows
Telephone:   5192452270
Email Address:   hrkml@andersencorp.com
Company Website: http://www.andersenwindows.com

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