BBSI Looking for Manufacturing Cost Accountant at Garden Grove, CA  Full Time

Job Category: Full Time – DIRECT HIRE

Location: Garden Grove, CA

Compensation: $90,000 – $105,000/Year D.O.E. + Full Benefits

Imagine working for a company that knows that its people are the key to its success in the marketplace. A company in which achieving extraordinary results and having a stimulating work experience are part of the same process. BBSI is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to support the accounting department of a growing highly regulated manufacturer in the area.

Position Purpose:

Reporting directly to the Controller, in this high visibility role, the Cost Accountant will manage, develop, and control the operational reporting and cost accounting functions of the manufacturing facility.

Essential Functions:

* Accounting and Financial Reporting for inventory and manufacturing cost for all companies.

* Provides cost estimating for new and existing products and participates in cost reduction initiatives.

* Coordinates with operational counterparts and management to achieve cost planning targets.

* Maintain standard material, labor and overhead costs.

* Prepares, researches, resolves and enters recurring and reversing journal entries and reconcile inventories to balance sheet.

* Review and analyze inventory and margin reports, conducts research and performs analytical studies with regards to cost analyses and profitability.

* Review and adjust inventory reserves in accordance with accounting policies.

* Analyze gross margin, labor and overhead, other cost of sales, inventory trends and turnover ratios, and production yield data.

* Participates in monthly and yearly closing process including journal entry preparation.

* Prepare audit schedules and footnote disclosures (on an annual basis).

* Maintain internal control documentation and tests internal controls, assisting with compliance and improvement of internal manufacturing costing processes and internal control requirements as needed.

* Reconcile cycle counts/physical inventories to QAD systems for applicable location.

* Support and assist in Product/Customer margin analysis by reviewing, correcting and reconciling QAD transactions that drive detailed product line P&L reporting.

* Reconciliation involves detailed analysis of business activity by P&L account, profit center and profitability segment (e.g. customer/product)

* Support the analysis of variances incurred during production and purchasing activities by comparing the basis for standard cost (work orders reports and efficiency reports).

* Ensure timely completion of month-end process for settlement of production orders, CIP

* orders and WBS elements.

* Manage the periodic process for collection and processing of cost center plan data.

* Ensure the timely update to Activity Type rates (direct labor and engineering labor rates).

* Assist in processing of engineering changes to BOM, BOO and perform subsequent roll-ups and roll-overs of standards and report accordingly.

* Ensures compliance with Capital Expenditure policies, prepares monthly capex reports

* for management and tracks all capital expenditures to comply with Accounting Standards.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with emphasis in cost accounting (preferred)

* 3-5 years professional cost accounting experience (experience in biomed industry or similar medical manufacturing environment preferred)

* 5+ years of ERP software experience, QAD environment preferred

* Must possess strong knowledge of “true” Cost Accounting Standards Principles and the ability to analyze and reconcile complex accounts and reserves.

* Must have high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, etc.)

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Vision
• 2-week vacation
• Long Term Disability/Life Insurance
• Holiday pay, Sick Pay
• 401K