Cost Accounting Analyst

About The Company

Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited (“The Group”) is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding A$3.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia and has a significant presence in the USA.

Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation’s largest brick manufacturers and operates nine brick manufacturing facilities and one manufactured stone facility. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply center/retail locations and 3 Design Studios.

Basic Function

The Cost Accounting Analyst is responsible for the overall administration of the costing function at the plant level for all locations. This responsibility includes bill of material generation, product costing, capital expenditure (capex) evaluation, perform and consolidate account reconciliations, monthly absorption analysis, revaluation forecasting, variance reporting/analysis, and assisting Plant Controllers by providing quantitative data to identify and update costing when necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate half-year and year-end costing updates across all plants, as well as perform monthly analysis to monitor absorption and project potential inventory revaluation needed
• Generate and maintain standard costing and bills of material in the ERP system for all plants which includes determining and monitoring costs associated with raw materials, labor, scrap, and overheads
• Analyze purchase price variance and material usage variance and advise Plant Controllers as to areas of possible cost updates
• Monitor key balance sheet accounts, perform and consolidate account reconciliations for review (i.e., Gross Inventory Reconciliation, Work-in-Progress, among others)
• Prepare cap-ex requests including payback projections and discounted cash flow and monitor status of projects until completion.
• Ensure that all production is posted timely and accurately
• Organize and present plant operations data to non-financial personnel and highlight areas for potential improvement (i.e., purchase price variance and material usage variance reporting, production reporting)
• Provide ad-hoc support to management as may be required
  
  
  

Education And Experience Requirements

• BS/BA Degree in Accounting or Finance
• MBA or CMA qualified or working towards certification preferred but not required
• Relevant experience (five years) in a manufacturing environment
• Well-developed analytical skills and experience in forecasting, budget preparation, and product costing
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience with a larger ERP solution such as JD Edwards
  
  
  

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and as such, the employee will also be required to perform other reasonably related business duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or other management personnel as required.