Senior Cost Accountant

Posted:
7/16/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia ⋅ Perak, Malaysia

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Accounting

Responsibilities:

Accounting and Financial Reporting

  • Review standard material, labor, subcon fees and overhead costs
  • Prepare journal entries and reconcile inventories to balance sheet
  • Analyze gross margin, other cost of sales, inventory trends and turnover ratios, and production yield data
  • Prepare audit schedules and footnote disclosures
  • Support business unit and manufacturing groups with cost, mfg and inventory analysis
  • Assist in complying with Sarbanes-Oxley documentation and internal control requirements

Inventory Accounting and Control

  • Work with Manufacturing to plan and conduct physical inventories
  • Reconcile physical inventories to SAP systems for applicable locations
  • Validate vendor reconciliations performed by our logistics group and follow-up as required
  • Understand and monitor inventory movements and the impact on the P&L

Reporting and Analysis

  • Validate GAAP and non-GAAP P&L results by performing detailed analysis of ‘cost of sales’
  • Support Product/Customer margin analysis by reviewing, correcting and reconciling SAP transactions that drive detailed corporate and business unit P&L reporting.  Reconciliation involves detailed analysis of business activity by P&L account, profit center and company code
  • Support the analysis of variances incurred during production and purchasing activities by reviewing production order variances and PPV

Business Process

  • Ensure timely completion of month-end process for settlement of production orders and/or the review of production orders prior to settlement
  • Support the maintenance material cost updates, activity and overhead rate updates
  • Support the process of updating standard costs for new parts and the annual cost roll

Minimum Qualifications:

  • B.S. degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Finance, or related field
  • 6+ years professional cost accounting experience in manufacturing enviroment (experience in semiconductor industry or similar electronics manufacturing environment preferred)
  • Strong understanding of the manufacturing process from raw to finished goods and cost of sales
  • Experience in large ERP systems (SAP environment preferred)
  • Understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)