Sr Cost Accountant at Lakewood

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

Under minimum supervision, this position includes the daily management of new and existing systems, developing new financial systems, as well as the maintenance, monitoring, and enhancing of existing systems. This position will evaluate the adequacy of and implement improvements to those systems in accordance with FASB, IRS, and SEC regulations. Such systems may include General Accounting, Credit, Cost Accounting, Treasury, Benefits, or Taxes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Develops, maintains, and monitors financial systems to ensure integrity in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and Terumo BCT accounting procedures.
• Utilizes expertise to interpret the various outside generated requirements and practices and determines their applicability to the business.
• Analyzes problems and implements solutions to ensure consistency and accuracy of the financial systems. Represents the department or company with internal and external customers to resolve problems of a non-routine nature.
• Ensures inventories are properly valued in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and assets are safely guarded.
• Provides training on transactions and procedures to internal customers as required.
• Computes and analyzes manufacturing variances and reviews with manufacturing personnel, providing timely and meaningful cost accounting information and analysis for manufacturing.
• Responsible for evaluating the adequacy of existing procedures relating to inventory and production, tracking, detailing weaknesses, and implementing improvements.
• Assists in the development of standard costs for assigned product lines and monitors actual performance against these standards.
• Work cross functionally with business partners to prepare full profit and loss plan for assigned product lines and to develop cost estimates of new products.
• Analyzes General Ledger or sub-system output for consistency and accuracy and resolves questionable items.
• Analyzes and summarizes accounting data to make comparisons to similar data for other periods and prepares explanatory comments.
• Assists department managers with their budgets.
• Develops reporting capabilities and understanding of the multiple systems applications within the Terumo BCT environment.

Job Requirements

Education

Bachelors degree or, equivalent of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job may be considered.

Experience

Minimum 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment

• SAP experience preferred.
• An advanced degree or certification, such as an MBA, CCE, CMA or CPA beneficial.

Skills

• Demonstrated technical knowledge of the accounting requirements and practices generated by regulatory or professional outside agencies such as FASB, IRS, and SEC.
• In depth knowledge of and experience in a specialty area such as Taxes, Treasury, Credit, Cost Accounting, or Benefits.
• Demonstrated excellent analytical skills.
• Demonstrated thorough and in depth understanding of the assigned systems.
• Knowledge and use of relevant PC software applications and skills to use them effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to provide timely, high quality, and accurate work.
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and productive work habits.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Typical Office Environment requirements include: reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, walking, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and background verification checks. For more information about Terumo BCT, visit our website www.terumobct.com/careers.

Join Terumo BCT as we unlock the potential of blood. We are the world leader in blood component technology, delivering products, services and solutions for customers and their patients worldwide. Through collaboration with our customers and a commitment to innovation, we are the only company with the unique combination of apheresis, manual and automated whole blood processing and pathogen reduction technologies coupled with robust technology, innovation and core competencies in therapeutic apheresis, cell collections and cell processing.

As the largest medical device manufacturing company headquartered in Colorado we operate in 120 countries with more than 2,600 associates around the world.

Our company has been voted and recognized as a:

• Top five world-class training organization by Training and Development Magazine (2011 & 2012)

Our award-winning culture embraces:

• Leading technology through innovation and R&D
• Wellness programs
• Commitment to quality
• An environment that values and respects your individual contributions
• A philosophy of intentional growth

Each associate has a positive impact on our future by:

• Connecting to the lives of the patients we ultimately serve
• Growing through professional and leadership development activities
• Sharing company success through incentive plans

If you are the best at what you do, we invite you to work with us now!

*LI-MM1

Requirements: Expertise Accounting - Cost Education Bachelors degree or, equivalent of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job may be considered.
Country: USA, State: Colorado, City: Lakewood, Company: Terumo BCT.