Cost Accountant Manager

Company: FISI - FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific
Location: Santa Ana
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Overview FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., is a worldwide leader in the innovation and manufacture of cell culture media, reagents, and medical devices for researchers and clinicians. The company provides unrivaled service and quality to scientists working in biopharmaceuticals, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine, assisted reproductive technology and cytogenetics, and industrial cell culture for the large-scale production of biotherapeutics and vaccines. FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific adheres to both ISO and FDA regulations and operates dual cGMP manufacturing facilities in California, USA, and Tokyo, Japan. The company's consultative philosophy combined with expertise in cell culture and compliance provides customers with unique capabilities and support. For over 50 years, FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific has remained uniquely flexible and focused on media while becoming a strategic global leader in media products and services. FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. is a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation reporting to FUJIFILM Holdings CorporationWe are seeking a Cost Accountant Manager. The basic function of this position is to support and assist the Cost Accounting Supervisor and the entire Accounting Department in compiling, analyzing, improving and developing conclusions and actionable plans on all matters relating to our standard cost system, including investigating/reaching root cause and determining sustainable counter measures through a team-approach problem solving process. External US Responsibilities

• Follow, design and/or implement cost accounting procedures.
• Ensure the continuous cycle count process is performed, completed and recorded in SAP.
• Assist in the annual physical inventory
• Manage in the annual cost roll-up for all sites. Produce certain cost-related schedules, review external inputs and analyze results
• Manage the preparation of cost/inventory related JE's for month-end, QTR and YE close.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly allocations (facilities & QC, & EMS miscellaneous costs).
• Manage the monthly reclassification of R&D inventory usage & no-charge samples to customers.
• Review all inventory, freight-in & freight-out AP transactions.
• Support and test a new product launch, and set up BOM, routing, and rollup standard cost for new part number
• Providing costing data as needed by corporate auditing firm and parent company.
• Accounting department super-user of SAP.
• Ad hoc requests from the controller and/or cost team.
• Responsible for annual standard cost calculation and participate in the ABC analysis
• Prepare, review, and present financial schedules such as fluxes, absorption tests, excess capacity analysis, month-end reports, accounting memos, and other ad hoc schedules, as needed
• Participate in design and validation efforts in SAP improvements
• Lead special projects to improve accounting processes
• Consolidate, analyze, and report consolidated inventory balances by product/site and perform detailed monthly variance analysis
• Coordinate with international cost accounting and finance teams
• Responsible for analyzing and presenting KPIs for Sr. Director of Finance, Ops, Finance, and others as required
• Prepare and verify product costs in support of all cost-based pricing contracts, intercompany transfer pricing, and shipping valuations
• Coordinate with Supply Chain and Technical Operation departments to discuss and resolve issues in areas such as production, purchasing, accounts payable, receiving, and shipping Required Skills/Education
  • Bachelor Degree in Accounting
  • 5+ years of standard cost experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Thorough SAP experience required
  • An in-depth knowledge of accounting principles and practices and a capacity for independent thought and judgment
  • A thorough and deep knowledge of cost accounting and standard costing of inventory
  • Highly proficient computer skills and strong Excel skills
  • Must be highly organized
  • Ability to speak, read and write English
  • Superb oral and written communication skillsFor California, the base salary range for this position is $96,000 to $173,000 annually. Compensation for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience, location, etc.). Fujifilm is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation, and any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. In the event that COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued by the federal government, or by state or local government become effective and enforceable, the Company will require that the successful candidate hired for positions covered under relevant government vaccine mandate(s) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption. For all positions, the Company encourages vaccination against COVID-19 and may require that the successful candidate hired be willing to test for the COVID-19 virus periodically and wear a face covering indoors absent being granted an accommodation due to medical or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption.To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Fujifilm about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms'/employment agencies to any employee at Fujifilm via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Fujifilm, unless such search firms'/employment agencies were engaged by Fujifilm for this requisition and a valid agreement with Fujifilm is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Fujifilm agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

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