Costing Clerk

The person in this role will be responsible for ensuring correct allocation to production schedule of cost codes by monitoring the materials, labor, and other cost attributed to a project and compare them to initial budgets and estimates. The costing clerk will work closely with accounts payable clerk to ensure that invoices are coded correctly to jobs so that all expenses are tracked.

Department: Administration

Reports to: Director of Admin and Finance

We are proud to be an EEO employer, maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

 

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Please email your resume to: CPrice@mcp-mail.com

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for compiling production or sales cost reports on units or total basis for departments or working units

  • Responsible for calculating individual items, such as labor, material, and time costs, relationship of sales or revenues to cost, and overhead expenditures, using calculating machine or excel  spreadsheets

  • Responsible for compiling production or sales cost reports on units or total basis for departments or working units: Responsible for calculating individual items, such as labor, material, and time costs, relationship of sales or revenues to cost, and overhead expenditures, using calculating machine or excel spreadsheets

  • Examines and analyze production records, such as time and production sheets, operations charts and schedules, to obtain data for calculations

  • Responsible for preparing reports showing total cost, selling prices, or rates profits

  • Responsible for managing and facilitating the cost close out of projects, ensuring any outstanding issues/cost commitments are dealt with in a timely manner

  • Responsible for received goods and received notes in Syspro and entering against appropriate order in system

  • Responsible for verifying delivery of production material and supplies to enable payment of invoices

  • Responsible for verifying all invoices, payments and Goods Received Notes from the contractor to finalize the account

  • Responsible for processing all site material returns to ensure costs are allocated to the appropriate codes

Required Skills & Abilities:

  • Analyzing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs

  • Recording cost information for use in controlling expenditures

  • Analyzing audits of costs and preparing reports

  • Making estimates of new and proposed product costs

  • Providing management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products or services

  • Maintaining Cost Accounting System

  • Assisting in Month end close of the General Ledger

  • Conducts physical inventories and monitors cycle count program

  • Reconciles finished goods inventories

Education & Experience:

  • An associate degree in accounting or at least some college accounting courses

  • Two years of experience in lieu of an associate degree

  • Good computer skills, math skills and basic bookkeeping

  • Proficiency with excel spreadsheets and the ability to work on many projects with different deadline is important

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer

  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times