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Cost Accountant

Latitude Inc
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401
Full-time

The Cost Accountant will perform advanced cost accounting analyses to compare estimated costs to actual costs and prepare a variety of related budget reports.

Responsibilities

  • Gathers and maintains database along with analyzing company's operational cost.
  • Establishes standard costs of production.
  • Determine and segment fixed and variable costs
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual cost forecasts
  • Develop and analyze cost standards to identify inaccuracies and explain variances.
  • Carrying out cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis.
  • Establishing costs of business processes such as administration, labor, shipping, etc.
  • Performs account reconciliations.
  • Preparing audit reports and presenting their findings to management.
  • Recommending changes to the company's processes and policies to reduce costs and maximize profit.
  • Advising executives and upper management on appropriate costing based on financial data.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting is required for this position.
  • 2+ years of related experience as a Cost Accountant, working in job costing analysis.
  • 2+ years experience with month-end procedures and cut-offs.
  • In-depth understanding of GAAP.
  • Working knowledge and experience with Sage 100 or similar system, ERP background.

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