Cost Accountant - Military veterans preferred

Cost Accountant

US-OR-Portland

Job ID: 2025-8145
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Portland Plant

Overview

Ajinomoto Foods North America is a leading frozen foods company, committed to providing nutritious and delicious meals globally. With a rich history of diverse ethnic brands, our brands have become household favorites all across America. We are dedicated to contributing to a healthier lifestyle through nutritious and balanced Umami foods. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, all our products are cooked with our customers in mind, providing healthy and delicious meals for all.

The Cost Accountant will provide support to the plants and be responsible for preparing accurate and timely cost estimates to support internal and external inquiries. Assist in preparation of budgets, forecasts, and month end close. Control finished goods and raw material inventories. Assist with reporting, continuous improvement and other special projects as needed for the plants.

Pay is $90,000/yr

If you choose to work with us, you will be an integral part of a team with a rich and diverse culture that learns, grows, and succeeds together. You will also have access to some amazing benefits such as:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance on DAY ONE
• Company paid STD, LTD, and Life Insurance on DAY ONE
• 80 hours of vacation and 40 hours of sick time per fiscal year
• 401(k) Retirement Savings plan that includes company’s matching contributions up to 4.5%
• Wellness reimbursement towards gym membership and/or exercise equipment
• Referral bonuses totaling $1000 when an employee refers someone to work with our company
• Quarterly sales of product to employees

· Provide new product cost estimate to support marketing initiatives. Help to identify process improvement for accurate and timely cost information.

· Enter new product costing in ERP system, creating and maintaining bill of materials/routings, and

review cost setup for current products.

· Complete daily work order closures in the ERP system, working with Inventory Control to ensure

accuracy of all transactions.

· Review cost transactions, prepare variance reports, and provide root cause analysis of variances.

· Assist with month end closing entries and monthly reporting, communicating financial results to

plant operations.

· Assist with preparation of weekly forecasts and annual budget.

· Assist with preparation of inventory reconciliation and obsolete inventory reserve.

· Provide various analysis to support plant operations and improve production efficiency, increase

inventory accuracy and other ad hoc projects.

· Manage capital projects and work with Plant Engineer to close CIP projects timely and keep up to

date records of CIP spending.

· Work with Maintenance Manager to keep Fixed Assets up-to-date and submit new Assets

requests to Corporate.

· Perform Fixed Asset inventories and submit asset disposal documentation, as needed.

· Backup for the Staff Accountant for Accounts Payable processing, as needed.

· Other duties as assigned to support plant and corporate needs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

· Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, especially Pivot Tables

· Strong ERP software experience, preferably JDE

· High degree of communication skills

· Ability to analyze data and provide recommendations

· Experience working with budgeting and forecasting is benefitial

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