Cost Accountant

Job Summary:

Oil-Dri’s Cost Accountant will be a key business partner with both the commercial and SCOPs team, supporting cost accounting related activities on products and services across the organization. This position will be responsible for product costing, reviewing standard cost accuracy and analyzing inventoriable costs. The ideal candidate will have a high degree of attention to detail, is a critical thinker, works effectively with a variety of stake holders and has a strong excel background.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in budgeting, development of annual product standard cost, and accurate application of standard cost at each production facility.
• Perform review of actual manufacturing costs against standard costs that ensures standard cost accuracy.
• Investigate production variances, recommend, and implement solutions to eliminate recurring variances at each production facility.
• Assist in new product standard cost development.
• Review bill of materials and routing set up, the impact on standard costs and recommend enhancements by collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Review and improve cost allocation methodologies that promote consistency and accuracy across the company.
• Maintain costing accounting policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations.
• Cost accounting representative in cross functional team that ensures accurate product setup and maintenance.
• Participate in quarterly/annual physical inventories of raw material, finished goods and reconciliation.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 2-4 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment and/or public accounting
• Experience working with ERP systems (JDE experience desired)
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work with complex costing.
• CPA desired