cost AccountantGCP Applied Technologies Operations Center, Inc.

Responsible in preparing, maintaining, and updating the costs of business activities for raw materials purchases, inventories, conversion costs, traded goods, and manufactured goods. Record the actual costs information and analyze the variances against the forecasts. As an essential part of Finance and Operations functions, the Cost Accountant is expected to directly manage costs in a highly professional level in order to support the company's goals.
Material Costing
 Validate costs for newly created and extended materials
 Calculate landed costs, update and maintain the DMCs
 Perform Effective Price temporary changes as needed
DMC Simulation
 Execute online and offline cost simulations based on proposed changes to cost structure
Annual DMC Activities
 Prepare and update intercompany tables on annual basis
 Analyze BOMs, conversion costs, raw materials and finished goods and maintain related changes in SAP
 Do costing runs and review the DMCs after the cost release every Jan 1
Inventory Adjustment
 Prepare inventory adjustments due to cycle counts, material transfers, return stocks, write offs, etc.
Journal Entry Posting
 Process journal entries related to Quarterly Reserves, TPA OOB Clearing, Unrealized TPA, etc.
Cost Support
 Prepare and distribute Slow and Obsolete Inventory Analysis reports on quarterly basis
 Analyze actual variance and costs as compared to forecasts (PPV, MV, OMC, FAO)
 Support Finance Operations in building the AOP every year
 Upload and maintain costs and variance budgets in BPC
 Provide audit requirements
Scheduled Reports
 Send the team's Dashboard and Flash reports on daily basis
 Prepare and distribute different monthly reports such as COPQ reports, Inventory Trend, Goods-in-Transit reports, Price Impact, TPA Analysis, etc.
Others
 Prepare and continuously update process documentations
 Handle cost-related issues and work towards the resolution
 Coordinate with other functional teams for special projects and cutover requirements
 Initiate process improvements and help in the implementation
 Perform other tasks as designated by the Cost Accounting Supervisor (ad-hoc activities and general office support tasks as necessary
Qualifications:
 Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA a plus
 Minimum of 3 years work experience as Cost Accountant or in similar roles
 Good analytical and business problem solving skills
 Intermediate knowledge of multinational ERP is required. Exposure to SAP and Business Warehouse are preferred
 Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
 Work experience in shared services industry is an advantage
 Proficiency in English communication skills (writing and spoken)