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KURZ USA ยท 2 days ago

Cost Accountant

KURZ USA is seeking a Cost Accountant to apply accounting principles for financial information recording and inventory costing analysis. The role involves analyzing sales, manufacturing costs, and profitability while assisting in the annual budgeting and audit processes.

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Responsibilities

Analyze Sales (Prices, Volumes), Manufacturing Cost (Variable, Fixed), Hourly Rate of Machines, Efficiencies, Wastage and Inventory, R&D activities. It is therefore necessary to understand the manufacturing processes, logistics, and market price levels of the assigned Product Lines
Consult on product and customer profitability; indicate areas of weakness against objectives or historical performance
Conduct special analyses as necessary, such as forensic calculations in liability claims
Facilitate cycle counts and produce weekly reports
Inventory costing for new products, inventory analysis as needed
P&L analysis and reconciliation
Machine Inventory Agreements and reconciliation
Assist and back up for month-end closing process
Assist in the annual budgeting process and external financial audit
Other duties as required

Qualification

Quantitative analysisCost planningStandard costing systemAnnual budgeting processIndependent work attitudeProcess improvementResult-oriented

Required

Applies principles of accounting to record financial information, analyse and prepare inventory costing, product and profitability analysis, and financial reporting
Key role in yearly planning process and assist in annual audit process
Analyze Sales (Prices, Volumes), Manufacturing Cost (Variable, Fixed), Hourly Rate of Machines, Efficiencies, Wastage and Inventory, R&D activities
Consult on product and customer profitability; indicate areas of weakness against objectives or historical performance
Conduct special analyses as necessary, such as forensic calculations in liability claims
Facilitate cycle counts and produce weekly reports
Inventory costing for new products, inventory analysis as needed
P&L analysis and reconciliation
Machine Inventory Agreements and reconciliation
Assist and back up for month-end closing process
Assist in the annual budgeting process and external financial audit
Expertise in quantitative analysis, especially product costing and margin calculation
Understanding of cost planning, machine hourly rate calculations, and internal cost allocations
Experience with Standard costing system and inventory analysis
Understanding of manufacturing costs (variable and fixed), BOM, efficiencies
Understanding and experience of annual budgeting process
Independent work attitude: combines intelligence, experience and self-confidence to work on his or her own, with minimal direction from supervisor
Understanding of how tasks interrelate in a bigger context and what can be done to improve process
Ability to make recommendations; develop proposals, how to improve process
Result-oriented: prioritizes work to get the right things done on time

Company

KURZ USA

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The KURZ Group (www.kurzusa.com / www.kurz.de) is the global leader in hot, cold, and digital stamping technologies, producing stamping and security foils for a wide range of decorative and functional applications.

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