Cost Accountant (Registration Required) - (Tyler, TX)

Position overview – Cost Accountant Primary Job Functions and Responsibilities Determine monthly product profitability utilizing existing reporting procedures as well as ad hoc analytical methods. Assist in month-end accounting closings. Reconcile all perpetual inventory balances vs. general ledger values at month-end; significant variances are investigated, with adjustments made and/or corrective action taken as required. Coordinate and reconcile periodic physical inventories, including cycle counts and the wall-to-wall annual physical; determine root causes of significant book-to-physical discrepancies. Participate in setting and revising cost accounting standards for departmental labor usage, material utilization, and manufacturing overhead rates; will work together with industrial engineering and operating personnel. Conduct research and perform analytical studies with regard to manufacturing spending, actual vs.