Cost Accountant
Location: Somerset, New Jersey

Purpose

Your Responsibilities

• Coordinate month end closing processes and journal entries.
• Oversee invoice processing.
• Analysis of G/L account reconciliations.
• Oversee intercompany accounting processes.
• Review cycle count procedures with inventory team and document variances monthly. Assist in yearly inventory audit with external auditors.
• Work with operation team to coordinate the fixed asset cycle (purchase, AUC, retirement, or impairment).
• Support annual audits (internal/external).
• Provide timely and accurate KPI’s including deviations from planned spending, service level (on-time deliveries), back orders, inventory turnover, gross margins, etc.
• Review, investigate and explain production variances on a routine basis.
• Monthly management reporting actual vs. planned, material, labor variance, inventory net changes (reserves, revaluation, cycle count), etc.
• Maintain knowledge of current accounting concepts.
• Support Value Stream managers in Lean business transformation initiatives.
• Support ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Your Qualifications

• Working knowledge of SAP costing attributes required.
• High intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills.
• Strong financial and accounting background, including an understanding of profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow management, general finance and budgeting knowledge, and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Effective problem solver.
• 2+ years in the Life Sciences (preferably medical devices) industry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working in a fast-paced, transformative environment.
• Self-starter and passionate about contributing to the delivery of life saving/sustaining products.
• Success at change management (orchestrating, enabling and/or participating).
• Strong grasp of GAAP accounting and general accounting concept.

Physical Demands

Let's achieve our goal together

If you are looking for a job where you can contribute actively, develop personally and professionally and make a lasting difference then this is the right place for you. As an international family business with a long-term perspective, we know that it is our 3500 employees that are the key to our success. Lets achieve our goal together: Making people smile.

Our Employee Benefits

• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs & More!

www.ivoclarvivadent.us/company/careers

Ivoclar Vivadent Manufacturing, Inc. is committed to leveraging the talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our business and our people. EOE/AA. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.