Job Description:

The Cost Accounting Manager will be expected to not only maintain and improve existing process, reporting and results, but quickly and effectively build new capabilities for the benefit of Company. The Controller is responsible for establishing, controlling and analyzing all production related costs and sku level standard profitability as well as managing a comprehensive cost control system. This includes the preparation of production related budgets and forecasts, review of actual versus budget/forecast results from the total down to sku level detail, review and analysis of sku Bill Of Materials (BOMs) for accuracy, manage the appropriate maintenance and annual updating of standard costs, analyze, determine the root cause for and suggest process changes to minimize purchase price, labor, and overhead variances. The Controller will also assume responsibility for capital expenditure planning including ROI and payback analysis. Proactively anticipating and communicating future financial consequences and implications of current situations and business decisions is essential. Essential Functions Main duties Build and maintain dashboards and reports of key operating and cost indicators across skus and product ranges - Using this information, work with production leadership to develop impactful business-level analytics, drive process simplifications - Develop and update COGS models and generate COGS and cash-planning forecasts for quarterly, annual, and long-range budgets and forecasts by sku and product range - Perform multi-variable sensitivity and trend analyses to identify drivers and predictors of cost changes, and incorporate analyses into forecasting tools - In coordination with the Purchasing team, review and challenge supplier purchases and trends by reviewing purchasing statistics, industry standards and best practices, and support improvements - Analyze production and operational performance data to identify trends and opportunities in key departments and provide recommendations to improve results - Analyse actual trends, variances to budget and history, actual spending, and costs, and prepare a variety of statistical reports - Manage a cost control system that effectively and accurately measures costs and production variances and allows for accurate projections of operating results - Work with Finance and Production peers to drive continuous improvement of costs, processes, and systems, and ensure consistency of costing methods Budgeting & Forecasting: - Prepare, analyze and manage annual budget and forecast processes for all production and facility costs - Assess actual performance in light of actual results in order to update / reforecast production costs Capital Expenditures: Maintain asset management reports and models, including the forecast summary, financial reports, management fee analysis, and benchmarking report - Develop assumptions and create proformas for potential ROI projects and/or other capital investment opportunities