Cost Accountant

Job Description

Cost Accounting Analyst | Nestlé

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Nestlé, located in a factory environment. Nestlé is a large organization dedicated to delighting consumers with beloved brands found in 97% of U.S. households. This role is crucial in providing financial leadership to plant and corporate management, ensuring accurate data, insightful analysis, and recommended actions to optimize operations and reduce costs. You will act as a co-pilot within the factory, challenging existing assumptions and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to empower growth.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, factory environment

• Team: Works closely with factory management and leadership
• Mission: Provide financial leadership to identify and correct inefficient operations and maintain overall financial oversight of plant assets.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Cost Optimization: Identify and support cost improvement opportunities by analyzing factory performance and challenging existing assumptions.
• Financial Reporting: Own and compile accurate, timely financial reporting, including period end close activities and daily variance analysis.
• Inventory Analysis: Perform data quality reviews and inventory variance analysis to identify losses and improvement opportunities.
• Capital Asset Monitoring: Partner with Engineering to monitor capitalizations, research discrepancies and delays, and ensure accurate and timely capitalization adhering to company policy.
• Fixed Asset Management: Perform fixed asset cycle counts on a routine basis, then report, track, and forecast asset retirements and impairments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: B.S. Degree in accounting, or other finance degree or equivalent field.
• Experience: Not explicitly required, but strong candidates will demonstrate relevant skills.
• Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, high level of comfort with financial systems and data tools, proven ability to communicate complex financial information to diverse audiences, and demonstrated planning, organization, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Bonus: Preferred 1 year of relevant experience in cost accounting, finance, or manufacturing environments.