Cost Accountant - The Gorilla Glue Company

At The Gorilla Glue Company, we're passionate about building strong brands with our fantastic team of employees. We believe in promoting a culture of excellence that empowers, engages, and connects people.

What's in it for you?

Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top workplace for 14 years. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.

Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!

What will your day look like?

What will your day look like?

• Assist Global Cost Accounting Leader in implementing US standard costing methodologies and practices across all US and Australian affiliates.
• Assist with annual standard cost roll for the US and Australia.
• Continuously monitor and assess the accuracy of the Company’s standard cost methodology and adjust when necessary to reflect current costs more accurately.
• Provide support to update material, labor, and overhead rates before annual cost standards roll.
• Investigate and resolve costing errors, including issues with bill of materials, work order costing, and production routers.
• Assist with establishing intercompany inventory transaction pricing, including any statutory transfer pricing requirements and related eliminations.
• Partner with Engineering to establish initial costs for new products.
• Implement US standard operating procedures for inventory controls. Conducted and prepared a monthly reconciliation of all inventory and inventory-related balance sheet accounts. Present all reconciliations to accounting leadership. Work with local operations team on corrective actions.
• Assist with any cost accounting-related month-end entries and ensure processes are completed promptly and accurately.
• Review or prepare any required supplemental reports in conjunction with the monthly close.
• Investigate and analyze the P&L impacts of inventory transactions, including but not limited to purchase price variance, foreign currency exchange, other variances, and other costs of goods sold.
• Assist the local operations team and global operations finance team in preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for other costs of material accounts or other accounts as required.
• Complete all assigned general accounting functions and support the local accounting team where and when necessary.
• Assist with annual financial statement audits and other unplanned audits from governing bodies.
• Recommend and drive continuous improvement of accounting and local operations processes.
• Participate in ad-hoc requests and project analysis as needed to drive efficiencies for the business or function.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting
• 2+ years’ experience in Cost Accounting
• Manufacturing environment experience is a plus

Specific Skills:

• Knowledge and experience with US standard costing and controls methodologies
• Detailed knowledge of Oracle Fusion and the interaction of costing and inventory modules with manufacturing and distribution modules
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Sound judgment and ability to work independently
• Detail oriented
• Continuous improvement focused
• Excellent analytical thinking
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Ability to collaborate with multi-departmental teams

Company Values:

Adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.

Have fun, be passionate and show it!

Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.

Communicate openly & appreciate the effort of others.

Embrace knowledge, growth and change.

Strive for excellence in what we do every day!