Livent, now Rio Tinto · 10 hours ago
Cost Accountant
Bessemer City, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company, now seeking a Plant Cost Accountant to provide critical support to the controlling function of the manufacturing plant. This role involves supporting financial statements, forecasting, and budget processes through various accounting tasks and responsibilities.
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Responsibilities
Reconcile general ledger accounts with various registers and reports
Extract general ledger information
Assist employees by answering questions related to accounts, procedures, and services
Complete the annual survey of manufacturing and annual business interruption reports for the Bessemer City Plant
Supply external and internal audit staff with requested documents
Post journal entries
Assists Plant Controller in submitting forecasts for Volume, PPV, Efficiency & Spending variances monthly
Assist Plant Controller in driving Labor Models & Capacity Models for each circuit
Assist Plant Controller in Cost improvements and follow up
Calculate and analyze price and quantity variances for key raw materials
Calculate and analyze material efficiency variances for all product lines
Assist with preparation of standard costs
Coordinate the validation of Bills of Materials (BOMs) and Work Center routers with Schedulers and Operations personnel (TA’s)
Drill down through work center costs to understand specific product/process cost streams
Work to understand the variance in the works order with the department
Assist with forecasts and budgets
Support with delivery and populated KPI reports
Support the Plant controller with follow-up to the other departments all variances
Assist controller in identifying obsolete and slow-moving inventory and non-productive/idled or retired capital assets
Supports the annual LIFO valuation process
Support Annual Physical Inventory for the plant, including reconciliations and Audit support
Understands, supports, participates, and strictly adheres to site standards, policies and procedures relevant to safety, industrial hygiene, security/CTPAT requirements and environmental
Conforms to safety standards
Promotes the belief that all jobs can be performed safely and that no job is worth doing that would risk the health, safety, or welfare of the plant employees or community
Provides input to the area’s annual Safety Plan and promotes plant safety policies and procedures
Assists investigation teams and selects appropriate corrective actions to improve safety and environmental performance in the area
Actively participates in Area Safety Committees and Behavior-Based Site Safety program
Other job duties as may be assigned from time to time
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required
2-5 years of experience in a plant accounting environment is required
Strong Microsoft Excel capability is required
Ability to work on and complete multiple tasks concurrently
Use logic and appropriate methods to successfully troubleshoot and solve difficult problems
Use computer systems to accurately enter or extract information and data
Effective oral and written communication
Follows policies and procedures, work with integrity and ethically
Preferred
CPA preferred
2 years of experience as a Cost Accountant is preferred
Power BI capability is preferred
Benefits
Competitive compensation
A menu of work/life benefits
Opportunities to continue developing their skills and building their career
Company
Livent, now Rio Tinto
Livent is now part of Rio Tinto, following Rio Tinto’s acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (formed from the merger of Livent and Allkem in 2024).
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2023-05-10Acquired
2022-06-17Post Ipo Equity
2018-10-11IPO
Leadership Team
Paul Graves
President & CEO
Alicia Markmann
Chief Human Resources Officer
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