Cost Accountant

Professional Alternatives
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Job ID#: 26044
Cost Accountant
Direct Hire | $75k
Full-time | In-Office | Houston, TX
Duties:
- Prepare and record journal entries for month-end close, ensuring accurate general ledger balances for US and Canada
- Analyze and reconcile liability and prepaid accounts, unbilled revenue, and business unit labor usage
- Review WIP accounts and profit reports to verify proper revenue and cost recording
- Generate daily, monthly, and ad hoc sales and gross profit reports
- Assist with unit month-end sales validations and worksheet reviews
- Support parts and price uploads while managing audit requests for inventory control
- Track and record documents related to physical inventories
- Research budget-to-actual variances for sales and gross profit accounts
- Work with the Assistant Controller to develop operating reports for business units
- Complete tasks efficiently, provide support to branch personnel, and communicate effectively with management
Requirements:
- Must have a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a minimum of 5 years of experience in a Cost Accounting role
- CPA or MBA preferred
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Knowledge of cost accounting procedures and practices and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Ability to analyze data and draw logical conclusions to accurately process, provide, and implement accounting information
- Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude
- Highly motivated individual with ability to multitask and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines
- Strong organizational skill and attention to detail
Additional Information:
- Position will require 25 – 30% travel: on average, one week per month to Oklahoma
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