avidbots

Senior Cost Accountant

Kitchener, Ontario · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago

Financial AnalysisAccountingExcelValuationFP&ASupply ChainProcess ImprovementERPCommunicationFinancial ReportingInternal AuditVariance Analysis

About the role

You will report directly to the Corporate Controller and work cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, and FP&A to ensure that standard costs are accurate, variances are understood, and the close process runs on time.
If you're driven by precision, excited by operational finance, and want to contribute to a team being built for scale, we want to hear from you.

Maintain and update standard costs in the ERP, ensuring bills of materials are accurate and include appropriate overhead allocations
Own Service and Software plan costing, ensuring cost structures reflect actual delivery economics
Design, update, and implement production and labour cost models on a continuous improvement basis
Support the monthly preparation and review of the Gross Margin report by unit sales, providing analysis that connects cost movements to margin outcomes
Partner with FP&A on the Monthly Service Cost Review and Production Labor Review, providing costing data and variance commentary
Month-End Close Support
Deliver reconciliations to a reviewable standard for the Controller, flagging issues before close day
Support the Controller's cost accounting close tasks, including supplementary cost reports for warranty, software, and professional fees
Controls, Process Improvement & Audit Support
Develop, maintain, monitor, and implement financial controls and procedures to ensure accurate cost reporting

5+ years of experience in cost accounting, manufacturing accounting, or a related financial reporting role
Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing or hardware+SaaS environment - you understand inventory, WIP, COS, and overhead absorption
Proficiency in Excel and ERP-based costing and inventory modules
Professional experience in the manufacturing and/or technology industries
Experience working in a multi-entity environment with intercompany inventory movements
Familiarity with Epicor BAQ reporting or comparable ERP query and reporting tools
Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt with a high degree of accuracy to work with complex data in an environment of ever-changing deadlines, priorities, and requirements
Prepare accrual and reclassification journal entries as required within the close cycle

Help coordinate inventory counts - annually or more frequently as needed - and reconcile results to the general ledger
Assist in the annual audit by preparing working papers related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and standard costing, and by supporting auditors with data collection

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