Cost Accountant

Job Description

Cost Accountant | Linde Advanced Material Technologies

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Linde Advanced Material Technologies, located in Speedway, IN United States. Linde Advanced Material Technologies revolutionizes industries by providing innovative materials and surface coatings, including metal powders and sputtering targets, that enhance performance across sectors like aerospace, energy, and automotive. This Cost Accountant role is crucial for ensuring accurate product costing, driving operational efficiency, and supporting strategic decision-making through detailed financial analysis and continuous improvement initiatives within manufacturing operations.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Speedway, IN United States

• Mission: This role is responsible for ensuring accurate product costing and supporting operational and financial improvements across manufacturing operations.
• Tech Stack: Oracle, SAP, Costpoint, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Costing Methodologies: Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of standard costing methodologies across manufacturing operations.
• Data Validation: Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams to validate bills of materials, routings, inventory transactions, and manufacturing cost drivers.
• Performance Analysis: Analyze manufacturing variances, inventory transactions, labor utilization, scrap, and overhead absorption to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• System Support: Support ERP/MRP costing activities, including data validation, system testing, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare reports, cost models, financial analyses, and supporting documentation to assist leadership with operational decision-making.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field is preferred; an MS/MA/MBA is also accepted. This is an early career role.
• Experience: 3+ years of related accounting, manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operational analysis experience; or 0-4 years with an MS/MA/MBA. Experience supporting manufacturing cost accounting processes, including standard costing, inventory analysis, and variance reporting, is required.
• Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, data validation, reporting, financial modeling), working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Costpoint), strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Bonus: Lean or Six Sigma certification/training is preferred.