Senior Cost Accountant

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We are seeking an exceptional Senior Cost Accountant to support multiple manufacturing sites across the PSD European operations. This role involves collecting data, allocating costs, and preparing reports on labor, equipment, depreciation, assembly, and other operating expenses. You will also prepare journal entries, maintain and reconcile ledger accounts, and prepare financial statements and variance reports. Additionally, you may conduct analyses and prepare special reports for management.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and participate in month-end close activities and variance analysis, including monthly Purchase Price Variance analysis and related capitalization and amortization entries for multiple factories.
Prepare and publish weekly and monthly operations reports covering inventory, labor hours earned, and various manufacturing costs (e.g., scrap, manufacturing variances, warranty).
Perform new part costing and item setups as required. Conduct periodic standard cost resetting for purchased parts, labor, overhead costs, and BOM revisions in accordance with corporate policies and procedures.
Execute inventory analyses and reserve policies, including excess and obsolescence, MRB, and aged-inventory analyses, as well as used equipment, demo, and service inventories.
Interface with group management on new product cost development and inventory controls.
Ensure accuracy of standard cost of sales, variances, scrap, and other recurring journal entries detailing cost of sales and inventory.
Fully support the internal controls process, including audit support, control monitoring, and execution of POs, cycle counts, periodic physical inventories, month-end reconciliation of accounts, revenue classifications, and other controls as required. Collaborate closely with material control to develop and monitor inventory control procedures.
Liaise with external auditors for audits on inventory, reserves, and valuation issues.
Report on asset utilization, cycle count accuracy, and completeness.
Participate in annual budgeting and forecasting processes across multiple facilities as requested by Operations and/or BU Finance staff.
Support the business planning and forecasting process, review forecast vs. actual results with department managers, and explain variances.
Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
Master’s Degree
Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing finance or cost accounting experience
Fluency in English
Strong working knowledge of SAP
Experience with Business Objects and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) preferred
Advanced proficiency in MS Office
Excellent communication skills
Detail-oriented
Proven ability to thrive in a team environment with tight deadlines
Highly analytical, execution-focused, and committed to delivering results
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MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
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