Senior Cost Analyst

EHC is currently seeking a Senior Cost Analyst for an oil/gas service company client located in Houston, TX.

Direct Hire opportunity!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with Plant leadership to assist in financial analysis and decision making in support of the financial health of the facility
• Implementation and ongoing maintenance/support of Cost Configurator module in JDE for Tuboscope facilities
• Assists in developing, implementing, managing and continually measuring processes ensuring the accuracy of job costing standards, including annual and ad-hoc cost roll exercises as required
• Ensure integrity of Work Order processing from material issues, labor postings, and associated variances
• Provide insight and guidance to profitability of various functions and products within the Plant in order to partner with Management and improve results
• Review and monitor WIP and outside process clearing account and adjust as necessary
• Annual Budget and rolling Forecast to include Hours, Headcount and Production expenses (Direct and Indirect)
• Support production team with ad-hoc inquiries, requests and reporting
• Work closely with Plant management to analyze daily, weekly and monthly work in process (WIP)
• Reviews accuracy of Plant processes, including Purchased parts cost verification, Router development, Overhead cost verification, Labor rate verification
• Produces and analyzes month end reports, including variance reporting and plant Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) performance
• Performs duties associated with SOX compliance, including WIP reconciliation, WIP subledger aging, Inventory reconciliation and Manufacturing - Segregation of Duties
• Prepare ad-hoc data analysis and reports for operations management as needed
• All other duties as assigned
• Review balance sheet and P&L accounts and provide detailed variance explanations and resolve potential errors.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance preferred)
- Minimum of 5 years cost accounting experience or equivalent preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• MUST HAVE A SOLID BACKGROUND WORKING IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
• MUST HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS IN COST ACCOUNTING
• MUST HAVE ADVANCED EXCEL SKILLS
• PREVIOUS JDE, HYPERION, AND SMARTVIEW EXPERIENCE IS A HUGE PLUS BUT NOT REQUIRED
• MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE LEADING A PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH