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Sturtevant, WI

Description:

Job Summary

The Accountant works closely with the Operations Controller as the subject matter expert on all cost accounting activities for the company, ensuring an accurate representation of product and manufacturing costs and expenses on the company’s financial statements.

Essential Responsibilities

• Act as lead in establishing standard costs, cost control systems, cost analysis and reporting.
• Identify, analyze, and report variances in product costing, job costing and production activities. Review labor and overhead application and variances.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and quality leaders with efforts to reduce costs, variances, customer returns, and manufacturing scrap.
• Establish and execute cost controls for item masters, bills of materials, work centers.
• Assist department leaders to ensure all manufacturing costs are captured and appropriate profit margins are maintained.
• Perform month end close tasks including account reconciliations, analysis, and reporting for inventory, WIP, and variances. Also provide gross margin analysis per product line and customer.
• Assist with the budgeting and forecasting processes for cost and product related valuations and estimates. Provide explanations of variances and deviations of the current budget to the actual results.
• Support daily/weekly/monthly KPI tracking updates.
• Act as accounting representation in cross-functional teams to properly develop and execute cost and manufacturing transaction procedures to maximize the efficiency and use of our resources.
• Assist with capital expenditure spend inquires and provide tracking or analysis as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Assist with organizing and analyzing information, cross-check and validate information before presenting to the organization.
• Complies with company, quality and safety standards, policies, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment. Job shop experience preferred.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• High level skills with ERP systems, with experience in data queries and extraction.
• Proficient use of Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be self-motivated, and the ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

Experience Level:

Entry Level

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.