Murphy Tower Service Hiring for Cost Accountant Job at Carlisle, IA Full Time

Job description

The Cost Accountant at Murphy Tower Service must possess solid organizational, communication, problem-solving and research abilities. Strong technology expertise, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel and experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is also expected.

Job duties of Cost Accountant

· Implementing cost standards for materials and labor

· Preparing cost of goods sold and production reports

· Reconciling beginning raw materials, work-in-progress and finished-production to revenue

· Accountable for the ongoing analysis of materials flow, project costs, project and business unit margin analysis, and tracing costs back to underlying activities and drivers

· Constructs and monitors cost-effective data accumulation and management systems

· Develops and reviews the controls needed for data accumulation, and reporting systems

· Provides detailed job-costing analysis to support operations and management with the establishment of KPI’s and Continuous Improvement initiatives

· Develops and maintains absorption rates by business unit and work center including labor costs and overhead

· Coordinates with Director of Procurement-Inventory-Logistics to conduct periodic inventory counts and cycle counts

· Maintains standard costs and reviews standard and actual costs for inaccuracies including variance analysis and treatment of variances in accordance with GAAP

· Develops meaningful and comprehensive reporting packages to provide current and accurate information to management to support business decisions related to production, bidding and pricing of our products and services

· Meets with business unit directors and project supervisors and performs bid process and project walk through to understand construction and production processes, variances, reporting errors, and interpretation of cost build ups

· This individual may be asked to assist with ad-hoc projects and general office support tasks when necessary. These responsibilities and tasks will be coordinated with and supervised by the company Controller.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Ability to access and accurately input information using SAGE 100 Contractor or similar system.

• Must have considerable knowledge with basic accounting principles (i.e. journal entries, debits, credits, etc.) and accounting functions. Job costing experience will be key for this position.

• Ability to work independently and complete duties and projects with little direct supervision.

• Ability to accurately work under pressure in meeting deadlines.

• Must have excellent organizational skills.

• Must be proficient with Excel, Word and Outlook applications.

Qualification Standards

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in the field of accounting or other related field. Experience may be considered as a substitute for this requirement.

Experience:

• Prefer at least 5 years of general accounting experience working with ERP, SAGE 100 Contractor or similar systems.
• Background in job costing and project margin analysis

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,000.00 – $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Carlisle, IA 50047: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• Cost accounting: 1 year (Preferred)
• ERP systems: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location