Sr Cost Accountant

JOB SUMMARYThe Senior Cost 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 companys 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.An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.QUALIFICATIONS*

Bachelors degree in accounting or related field* 3-5 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.WORKING ENVIRONMENTWork is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.EEO STATEMENTCirtec Medical Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Minority/Female/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veteran and Affirmative Action EmployerCirtec Medical Corporation considers for employment and hires qualified candidates without regard to age, race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law. Cirtec Medical Corporation and all of its related companies fully endorse equal opportunity for all. Cirtec Medical provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in the job application process.