Month-End Close and Financial Reporting
· Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes related to cost accounting and inventory.
· Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and account reconciliations.
· Reconcile inventory, manufacturing, and financial accounting transactions by comparing, validating, and correcting data.
· Ensure accurate recording and reporting of cost accounting activities in accordance with company policies and accounting standards.
Inventory Accounting, Controls, and Compliance
· Analyze inventory aging, inventory turns, shrink, scrap, MRB inventory, and in-transit balances for global manufacturing sites.
· Support inventory reserve analysis and related accounting assessments.
· Support cycle count programs, annual physical count, and related financial audit requirements.
· Analyze work order variances to standard cost, investigate material usage, labor efficiency, routing, and overhead absorption variances, and partner with Manufacturing and Operations teams to improve the work order closure.
· Assist in maintaining and improving inventory-related internal controls and compliance procedures.
Analytics and Process Improvement
· Support continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen cost accounting processes, reporting quality, and decision support.
· Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Finance teams to support business objectives.
· Present analysis, recommendations, and key business insights to management and executive leadership.
· Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable recommendations that support operational and strategic decision-making.