Senior Cost Accounting Manager

• My client manufactures and distributes nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system.
• They carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind. This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.
• Great culture – flexibility is a must in this position; you’ll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives.
• Like the rest of the Company they are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect.
• Their employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community.
• They implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis—it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.
• Safe, uncrowded, affordable – the role is located in a vibrant community considered by most as the gateway to recreational paradise.
• This unique setting provides numerous opportunities for total wellness — social, physical, financial, and emotional.
• If you love outdoor activities, this is the place for you.
• Excellent compensation – in addition to a competitive wage, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus.
• Right here on-site, we provide a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant

• Collaborate and partner with client design team to develop Budget Authorization estimates by performing accurate quantity take offs using plans, specifications, or conceptual information.
• Collaborate with client’s design and project controls team to develop appropriate unit rates based on scope of work, quality, performance requirements, productivity and historical data.
• Prepare regular milestone estimates to correspond with updates in the design development and provide analysis on estimate trends, including detailed cause of change documentation.
• Develop and lead executive estimate reviews to confirm milestone estimate status and prepare documentation to show comparison to the Budget Authorization estimate.
• Continuously identify project risks and evaluate required contingency at various stages of the project, including the development of a comprehensive risk register and cost risk analyses to better inform senior management of significant risks.
• Provide support to the creative design team to ensure they are able to deliver their creative vision in the most effective manner.
• Perform full cost management role once projects are under construction including monitoring and forecasting trade budgets, evaluation of all change orders, preparation of monthly cost reports and settlement and close out of trade packages.
• As a key member of the Finance Team, lead by example to ensure compliance with internal policies and standards, including the implementation, review and testing of internal controls necessary to comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and internal policies and standards.

Standard cost analysis and system:

• Maintain the integrity of the standard cost system by analyzing the product scrap rates, labor rates and machine rates, and making the appropriate recommendations to update the bill of materials and/or labor routers.
• Prepare monthly reporting of standard cost variances related to material purchase price and usage, labor utilization, and overhead.
• Coordinate the updating of cost standards for forecasts and budgets.
• Preparing monthly journal entries, account reconciliations and reports as necessary.

Inventory:

• Analyze and reconcile ERP perpetual inventory reports to ERP general ledger balances.
• Manage inventory reporting, forecasting, and budgeting, including valuation reserves and obsolescence reserves.
• Manage the audit of inventory cycle counts to verify accuracy of perpetual inventory balances.
• Provide financial leadership and recommendations regarding Operational Excellence cost reduction and cost avoidance initiatives, including maintaining and reporting monthly savings by project.
• Lead by example in an environment of continuous improvement.
• My client is seeking an experienced, dynamic Senior Cost Accounting Manager to join a fast-growing and exciting organization with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China. 
• Headquartered in beautiful Idaho Falls, ID and with a significant presence in Taipei, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Seoul.
• Reporting to the Global Controller, the Senior Cost Accounting Manager is a key leadership role in the overall Finance organization. 
• The successful candidate will have broad scope of responsibilities and will enjoy the independence and mandate to develop and enhance the capabilities of the cost accounting organization. 

• Minimum 8+ years’ experience as a leader in public or corporate accounting, preferably in medium or large businesses ($300MM+ in revenue) with global reach having lead accounting teams of 4+ accountants
• Demonstrated experience leading an accounting organization with successful results
• Experience working in or managing Cost Accounting
• Demonstrable track record as change agent
• Self-motivated, independent leader
• Strong communicator to a variety of audiences
• Experience working in a matrixed environment
• Comfort with multi-tasking and time-sensitive deliverables
• Familiarity with various transactional and reporting systems highly desired

• A collaborative approach and willingness to engage in an environment of active idea sharing.
• Sharp organizational skills and the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
• The ability to produce consistent quality under deadline pressure while paying careful attention to detail.
• Self-motivation and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Ability to handle confidential information