Cost Accountant

Enviri Industries Sdn Bhd - West Columbia, SC

Full-time - Mid Level

West Columbia, SC

About the position

The Cost Accountant at Enviri Corporation is responsible for monitoring and reviewing controls for data accumulation and reporting systems, conducting process constraint analyses, and providing solutions. This role involves reporting on variances, updating standard costs, and preparing financial reports as part of the month-end close process. The Cost Accountant will also coordinate physical inventory counts, serve as a liaison with auditors, and participate in project teams, providing key financial data to support operations and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and review controls for data accumulation and reporting systems.
• Conduct ongoing process constraint analyses and provide solutions.
• Report on breakeven points by product, work center, and plant.
• Report on variances and their causes, focusing on material cost variance and labor rate variance.
• Review, process, and provide cost impact analysis for Engineering Change Notices.
• Review and update standard costs in the bill of materials.
• Review standard and actual costs for inaccuracies.
• Provide analysis and reporting of variances.
• Assist with annual standard cost updates.
• Prepare journal entries related to inventory and WIP as part of month-end close.
• Conduct account reconciliation and prepare variance analysis.
• Accumulate and apply overhead costs as required by GAAP.
• Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts.
• Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues.
• Work with operations to locate and dispose of obsolete inventory.
• Serve as cost accounting liaison with internal and external auditors.
• Update and review cost accounting work instructions and SOPs as needed.
• Participate on project teams as primary Finance contact for Engineered-to-Order projects.
• Provide key work cell performance data to Engineering and Operations.
• Analyze and communicate budget-to-actual project performance to senior management.
• Prepare financial/inventory reports and provide explanations for variances.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• 3 years of experience in standard cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with an ERP system.
• GAAP experience.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of experience in standard cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with LN ERP System.
• Experience with implementing ERP system upgrades.
• Experience with BI reporting.
• Experience with Hyperion.
• Lean / Six Sigma experience.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics.