cost accountant Westminster, CO
Job description
Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging and aerospace solutions. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!
Primary Purpose of the position:
Provides technical leadership and support to the cost accounting function as directed. Acts as a first point of escalation on problem solving related to cost accounting, month-end/quarter-end/year-end close activity, and other work as directed.
What will you be responsible for?
- Acts as first financial point of contact in specific initiatives and projects; leads and influences others as necessary, reinforcing accountability.
- Pays attention to detail and is alert to business changes and how they might affect our business performance in the future.
- Develops and monitors procedures and guidelines for the division financial organization. This includes the maintenance of the beverage division accounting policies.
- Leads divisional projects to better utilize systems and resources in order to drive or support value-add initiatives.
- Monitors individual plant closings to ensure the following of proper cost accounting procedures and assists the plants in issue resolution.
- Performs month-end close accounting and assists in the analysis and preparation of divisional financial results for the corporate consolidation.
- Responsible for coordinating and facilitating raw materials, finished goods, and storeroom physical inventory work, ensuring these inventories are taken and documented across the plant network.
- Liaises with other divisions and shared services functions in the performance of accounting responsibilities and in implementing company-wide initiatives.
- Works with plant controllers to continue standardization of monthly closings and communicates divisional directives to ensure proper implementation.
- Prepares/reviews monthly analyses and reports for plant and division management.
- Analyzes monthly cost statements and explain any variances deemed unusual.
- Prepares monthly account reconciliations.
- Effectively communicates key summaries, presentations and financial views to management as required.
What are we looking for?
- Broad training in a related field, usually acquired through Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or work-related experience. Finance degree may be acceptable with recent and relevant accounting work experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting preferred.
- Job related experience for 5 years minimum.
- CPA/CMA preferred
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of the following areas: advanced accounting principles, practices, nomenclature, and procedures; cost accounting, computer spreadsheets (Excel) and work processing (MS Word) programs.
- Knowledge of JDE One World or similar ERP system preferred
- Knowledge of Hyperion Essbase and other applicable software applications preferred
Compensation & Benefits
- Hiring Salary Range: $80,000-$105,000 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
- This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan.
- Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click "Total Rewards" to learn more.
Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.
When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 22,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles to aerospace solutions that enable our customers to have a deeper understanding of our planet and the universe.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.
Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.
Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
No agencies please.
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