Cost Analyst II - Purchase Price Variances
On-siteSheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary
Prepare, analyze, and communicate monthly purchase price variances, identifying key drivers and recommending corrective actions to improve forecast accuracy. Lead root cause investigations for significant variances through transaction-level analysis and collaborate with procurement and operations teams. Partner with leaders to identify margin improvement opportunities, coordinate annual operating budgets for assigned facilities, and validate standard cost inputs and overhead rates. Complete month-end cost accounting activities including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis while serving as a business partner for cost reduction projects. Assist in other projects as assigned by the Senior Cost Accounting Manager.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of analytical accounting experience
- Minimum Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting or finance
- A strong self-starting individual with tenacity, a sense of purpose, and a resourceful and collaborative attitude
- A pattern of seeking out and successfully completing projects, digging to determine root causes and finding solutions, and serving as a collaborative business partner with other functional areas
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a broad technical background
- Good oral and written communication skills for dealing with all levels within the organization
- Ability to perform advanced excel functions such as pivot tables, filters, sorting, complex formulas, and graphs
- Visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures
- Travel to other manufacturing facilities (<5%)
Desired Qualifications
- 5+ years of analytical accounting experience, preferably in cost accounting desired, but not required
- Experience in JDE or other ERP systems and the ability to create ad hoc financial reports using a database report writing tool are preferred
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