Job Description
Job DescriptionPrimary Responsibilities:
- Provide monthly/quarterly analysis identifying drivers of production costs and impacts of product mix including material, labor and overhead variances.
- Work with the manufacturing team to analyze, review, and develop forecasts for production costs and variances.
- Work with the sourcing team to analyze, review, and develop forecasts for raw material purchase price variances.
- Analyze, review, and assist in developing improved product profitability modeling.
- Maintain cost accounting system including material costs, labor rates, and overhead rates.
- Support the design, financial analysis, and measurement of plant productivity improvement projects.
- Support the development of company forecasts and budgets.
- Support product manager with product pricing review and strategy.
- Perform month-end close tasks in timely fashion.
Other Responsibilities:
- Assist with month-end and year-end close processes.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reports and statements.
- Ensure adherence to accounting standards, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and information.
- Identify and recommend improvements to internal controls and accounting processes.
- Maintain financial records and documentation in an organized manner.
- Provide support to other departments and respond to financial inquiries as needed.
Qualifications:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management abilities.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills include the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Handling confidential information with discretion.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices
- 3+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
- Proficiency in Excel and ERP/accounting software
Cognitive Skills Required:
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to teammates, and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percents.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Physical Demands Required and Work Environment:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit.
- The employee is occasionally required to walk.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
AAP/EEO Statement:Roper Pumps provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)