Cost Accountant

PPG

🌍 100% Remote Full-time

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Perform monthly closing procedures to establish and maintain accurate accounting records for the plant, such as journal entries, results analysis and account reconciliations
  • Prepare detailed reports on production and operating costs to provide relevant information for managerial decision making
  • Manufacturing variance follow-up with plant: analyze differences between estimated and actual production costs and collaborate with plant to improve efficiency and reduce variances
  • Complete and evaluate account reconciliations to identify trends and ensure accuracy of the account balances
  • Help facilitate and perform re-costing and analyze results to understand real-time cost changes
  • Assist with preparation of annual manufacturing budgets, detailed by category and cost center for determining the accurate product costs
  • Participate in meetings to support the plant manager and the leadership team with understa...