Regional Cost Accountant
Amcor
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $74,100 - $92,600 per year
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Execute and maintain standard costs across designated plants.
- Assist in setting standards for new products, including material cost and activity rates.
- Revalue activity rates and analyze material usage variances and yields.
- Assess Bill of Materials and activity allocations for impact on standard costs.
- Coordinate year end cost roll schedule
- Participate in monthly close processes including journal entries, financial statement reviews, and GL reconciliations.
- Ensure completion of inventory and production orders, including reconciliations between physical, perpetual, and general ledger records.
- Review cost components to ensure compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
- Maintain and enhance internal controls related to inventory cost and quantity accuracy.
- Prepare and communicate absorption and manufacturing variance reports.
- Compare actual results to forecast, budget, and prior year data.
- Collaborate with plant leadership to interpret results and gather insights.
- Serve as primary contact for plants on standard cost and variance analysis.
- Partner with plant controllers to investigate root causes and provide commentary.
- Support and enforce inventory related internal controls
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures
- Support internal and external audits and activities related to Amcor’s quarterly reporting periods and statutory closing requirements
- Support other ad hoc activities as required / necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
- 1-4 years of accounting experience in a standard costing environment
- Strong accounting foundation, including a solid understanding of US GAAP inventory rules and requirements
- Strong systems aptitude with preference given to candidates with SAP experience
- Ability to analyze and manage large data sets in excel and other query type databases
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Unrelenting integrity and ethics
- Effective team player who interacts well with others
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; capable of clearly articulating thoughts
- Ability to multi-task, meet strict deadlines and work under pressure
- Willingness to learn and grow with the organization
- Ability to create new processes with an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
- Company-paid holidays starting at 9 days per year and may be slightly higher by location
- Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary accident disability benefits are available
- Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
- Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
standard costingfinancial statement reviewsjournal entriesGL reconciliationsinventory managementvariance analysisdata analysiscost allocationabsorption reportingbudget forecasting
Soft skills
analytical skillsattention to detailintegrityteam playercommunication skillsmulti-taskingdeadline managementwillingness to learninnovative mindsetcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in Finance