Senior Cost Accountant

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Vernon Hills, IL
In-Office
125K-200K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Professional Services
The Role
The Senior Cost Accountant oversees financial management of product costs, inventory management, month-end journal entries, and variance analysis to support business decisions and profitability.
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Company Description

blueStone Executive Search has a distinct focus on recruiting IT professionals with an emphasis on the areas of leadership, business transformation and enterprise.

Are you looking for a growing industry in which you can build a rewarding long-term career with an organization that has seen 40% growth year over year. 

We are currently looking for outside sales Business Development Executives with backgrounds in IT Search, IT Recruiting, or Outside IT Software Sales.  If you are in IT sales and are confident in your sales abilities, then this opportunity may be for you.

Job Description

 The primary responsibilities include financial management of product costs and components, product margin reporting and analysis for actual and plan results, inventory management and analysis, monthly journal entries and account reconciliations, as well as special projects and ad hoc requests. The senior cost accountant will need to provide timely information for the manufacturing and distribution operations that meets corporate requirements and guides effective business decisions that deliver profitable growth. 

  • Maintain accurate standard costs for new and existing products.

  • Maintain adequate internal controls to ensure the accuracy of inventory. 

  • Work with all financial aspects of inventory including: inventory reconciliation, inventory management, inventory journal entries, preparation of MOH and slow moving/obsolete inventory reports.

  • Complete month end journal entries, reconcile balance sheet accounts, analyze variances, and complete bridge schedules and spending analyses.

  • Collect and analyze data to determine the cost of business activities, such as raw material costs, labor, freight, packaging and other variable costs.

  • Work with operations, sales and marketing teams to proactively improve KPIs, including slow moving and obsolete inventory and MOH, and identify areas to improve profitability.

  • Review and analyze purchase price variation (PPV).

  • Develop and communicate intercompany transfer prices.

  • Financial leader for cycle count inventory program, including ensuring counts are in compliance with policy, researching discrepancies, and reporting on root causes.

Qualifications

Requirements include 5+ years of accounting experience, cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment, understanding of financial statements and accounting principles/practices, excellent analytic skills, including the ability to analyze raw data and apply creative/innovative analysis, to form key, succinct, and actionable insights/recommendations, attention to detail, and collaborative and highly communicative with high orientation to teamwork.

Additional Information

We offer the following to our Business Development Executives
  • Fantastic Benefits and Compensation Program
  • Excellent Business Intelligence toolset for sales planning
  • Excellent working environment
  • Cross functional sales opportunities
  • $125,000-$150,000 realistic first year compensation
  • $200,000+ compensation after 2 years
  • Quarterly sales contests.
  • Monthly activity bonuses

Top Skills

Accounting Principles
Financial Management
Inventory Management
Variance Analysis
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The Company
HQ: Deer Park, Illinois
58 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

For 20 years blueStone Solutions Group has helped innovate the world alongside the companies we work with, and we have done so while maintaining an excellent relationship with our clients. Whether you come to us as an organization looking for talent or a professional seeking a job, you can feel confident in the hands of our experienced and diligent team.

We were founded in 2002, as an IT-focused employment agency. Throughout the decades we have moved into and cemented our value in the engineering, healthcare, finance, and accounting industries.

Our expert team of recruiters and account managers is the power plant behind the incredible wishes we have helped make true from autonomous vehicle development to vital support for military communications.

When you’re ready to elevate your workforce, contact us or visit our site for more info.

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