Senior Cost Analyst

The Role

The Senior Cost Analyst willbe responsible for partnering with our manufacturing sites to collect and understand data to drive business decisions. Our organization hascomplexities to the manufacturing and production operations and it'simperativecritical that you understand all components from start tofinish. This position is hybrid and requires working 2x/week on site time either at our HQ office in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, or our Rolling Meadows office.

Responsibilities

• Assistin the planning, gathering, and collection of data from our different CPG sites todeterminecosts of business activity such as raw material purchases, inventory, labor, and overhead.
• Analyze changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturingmethods or services to determine effects on cost.
• Evaluateactual manufacturing costs and prepare periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
• Record cost information for use in controlling expenditures
• Analyze audits of costs and prepare reports
• Make estimates of new and proposed product costs
• Provide management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services.
• Responsible for maintaining BOMs, variance analysis, andconsolidatedreporting
• Oversee processing and payment of vendor invoices
• Special projects and ad-hoc reporting asrequired
• Assistin month end close of the General Ledger
• Conduct physical inventories andmonitorcycle count program
• Reconcile finished goods, rawmaterialand packaging inventory
• Collaborate in cross-functional capacity to meet business needs
• Conduct ad hoc analyses, special projects, and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business-related field,Master's Degreeor CPA certification, preferred

• 3+years experiencein cost accounting within CPG or manufacturing

• Advancedproficiencyin MS Excel and MS Officerequired

• Highly motivated, self-directed,innovativeand able to work independently or among teams with keen judgement, commonsenseand resourcefulness

• Adapts and thrives in a demanding, start-up, fast-paced environment

• Superior communication and interpersonal skills (verbal, non-verbal, written), with the ability to build relationships at all levels, both internally and externally

• Possessesa high levelof critical thinking

• Positive attitude and solution-oriented mindset

• Strong prioritization and time management skills

• Operates witha high levelof professionalism and integrity, including dealing with confidential information

Additional Requirements

• Must pass any and all required background checks
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry