Job Title: Accountant III
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Duration: 12 months (High possibility for extension)
NOTE: Must be local to the Chattanooga area. Reporting to the office will be required 2 days per week. The other 3 days may be remote.
Job Summary:
Cost Accounting Manager - Manufacturing:
Accountable for monthly close activities, including Cost Accounting topics, Variance Analyses, PPV, Substitution/Yield, Detailed Reports, Budget vs. Actuals, Allocations, Capitalized Variance schedule, Journal Entries, Income Statement Prep, Consolidations loads and tie-out, & PowerPoint deliverables.
Integral to rolling forecast and budget prep. Ad-hoc Excel schedules. Standard costing and cost roll procedures.
Daily Absorption & Expense Reporting.
Establish best practices surrounding controls, roles, and responsibilities and process flow. Create and update policies and procedures as required.
Work cross-functionally & liaise with GL Accounting, A/P, A/R, Treasury, Supply Chain, Operations, HR, Procurement, Internal Control, & other business partners to tackle complex topics as they relate to financial operations.
Project focus: Manage internal controls gap analysis & action plan. Act as a liaison and point of contact for internal & external auditors.
Intermediate (or higher) Excel skills required.
Consolidations tools experience (Hyperion-HFM and/or TM1). ERP data extraction tools (IBM Cognos). ERP systems experience (JD Edwards and/or SAP Manufacturing).
Experience: 5+ Years of Manufacturing Cost Accounting