Cost Accounting Manager (Hybrid Remote) - Jobs in Burnaby, BC

Job Description

EnerSys is a leading power and energy solutions provider for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. Our products help power the necessities of modern wired and wireless communication infrastructure, including wireless cell sites, 5G small cells, Internet of Things (IoT), and switching centers. Our portfolio includes renewable energy products, DC and AC power systems, power distribution systems, and energy storage in the form of industrial batteries, employing advanced lithium electrochemistry technologies.As power conversion and power management experts, we provide solutions to our customers’ challenges and problems. From individual modules to full turn-key system solutions, we provide our customers with the advice and support needed at all level of the organization. We cherish the integral relationship critical to success of our clients who range from Mobile Network Operators to major telecom and cable providers to data center operators.Our Burnaby, British Columbia, facility is the Center of Excellence for our power system design and ICT application development. Regional headquarters are in Canada, USA, Europe and Asia, with worldwide headquarters located in Reading, PA, USA.EnerSys is truly a Global Company, with over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. EnerSys is the power/full solution with sales and service locations throughout the world. We continue to grow in our industry by ensuring all employees possess the following core competencies: customer focused, team player, engaged, ethical, strong communication skills, and works safely.Job PurposeAlpha Technologies Ltd., an EnerSys company, has an opportunity for a cost accounting manager to join our finance team in our Burnaby, BC, Canada office. Reporting to the financial controller, Energy Systems Americas, Canada and working closely with the operations team, the cost accounting manager will act as the key go-to person on behalf of the finance team. Performing high quality analysis over sales, COGS, and gross margin, and communicating and working with the operations team, this position will play an important role in improving processes and providing information for business decisions.Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a business partner to operations.
• Lead the cost accounting team.
• Prepare manufacturing annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Consolidate entity-level P&L annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Ownership of forecasting accuracy.
• Prepare and present to finance and operations management weekly and monthly results and reports, comparing and analyzing actual results with budget and forecasts.
• Recommending actions to the management team.
• Ownership of standard cost and the annual standard cost roll.
• Review inventory balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP.
• Oversight and ownership of the inventory reserve provision.
• Responsible for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) for inventory and COGS.
• Lead the annual physical inventory.
• Liaise with external auditors in annual audit in the areas of sales, inventory, and costing.
• Responsible for system-related changes required on a periodic basis.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience
• Manufacturing cost accounting experience
• Excellent communications, both orally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, US GAAP is an asset
• Material requirements planning (MRP) system experience
• Experience managing a team

Preferred Qualifications

• Accounting designation
• Electronics assembly or similar industry experience
• Enterprise-wide resource planning (ERP) system experience
• Financial planning & analysis (FP&A) experience
• Experience in publicly traded company
• Exposure to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

General Job Requirements

• Generic

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