Cost Accounting Specialist
Job Number: 2676
External Description:
Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world-class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.
About This Role
Experienced Accountant with cost accounting background to execute and provide analysis for general accounting processes such as inter-company cash, cash management, government accounting, financial reporting, project accounting, purchase price variances and / or balance sheet management. Responsible for developing and documenting accounting policies, procedures, control processes, and financials.
Key Responsibilities:
Manages and analyzes activities in accordance with accounting principles and standards to control financial resources and compliance with regulations, laws, and reporting activities.
Review bill of materials and routings for structure accuracy; work closely with Industrial Engineers to address any discrepancies in the bill of material and recommend corrective action.
Finance liaison for Product Engineering; participate in engineering re-design discussions to ensure proposed cost savings scenarios are accurately being presented to management. Provide make versus buy scenarios to enable management to make sound judgments.
Review and record monthly purchase price variance. Participate in the PV forecast process and provide projected monthly PV based on Corporate commodity guidance and production forecast.
Coordination and completion of the annual standards review process.
Quarterly review and analysis of processed scrap pounds versus pounds shipped and recorded by scrap vendor.
Maintain the material standards, labor hours, and overhead cost in the Glovia ERP system.
Prepares, examines, and conforms to procedures for general ledger preparation and project and / or government accounting activities.
Performs monthly and quarterly close and consolidation processes to ensure timely completion and accuracy.
Develops and documents accounting policies, procedures, control processes, and financials.
Prepares budgets and forecasts and compares budget to actual costs, ensuring that budgets are adhered to.
Analyzes business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations in order to accurately represent financial standing.
Supports internal and external audits for process compliance and timely completion.
Leads small scale projects.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree & 5+ years of accounting experience or Advanced degree & 3+ years of accounting experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting preferred
SAP experience preferred
Advanced Microsoft Excel experience preferred
Cost accounting background- standard cost, bill of materials review, purchase price variance
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Job Number: 30110242
Community / Marketing Title: Cost Accounting Specialist
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