Senior Cost Accountant

Craftsmen Industries custom manufactures unique specialty trailers and vehicles and large format printed elements for experiential marketing and industrial solutions for brands across the industry spectrum including Boeing, PepsiCo, and Anheuser-Busch. We pride ourselves on creating our products fully in-house from initial design and engineering to fabrication and the finishing touches of graphics and paint.

Our Craftsmen team includes one subsidiary, Schantz Manufacturing. Schantz focuses on custom manufacturing of concession trailers for the fair and festival industry.

Guided by our values, we BUILD by helping bring ideas to life in a dynamic and collaborative environment and we're looking for talented individuals to grow with us!

What Do We Offer?

• Competitive compensation.
• Career development opportunities.
• Benefits including but not limited to Medical, Dental and Vision.
• 401(k) Match and Much More!

Position Title: Senior Cost Accountant

Location: St. Charles, Missouri

Position Summary:

The Senior Cost Accountant is responsible for many of the core functions of the company's financial department and prepares the company's statement for compliance with laws and regulations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with the Controller to efficiently complete the month-end close and compile the financial statements.
• Partners with the Project Managers to track the progress of projects.
• Analyzes the performance of projects and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Identifies control gaps and weaknesses.
• Establishes effective controls and monitors for efficiency.
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations.
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics.
• Monitors cost accounting process to ensure accurate job costing.
• Provide financial analyses as needed.
• Work with the Controller and Auditors to conduct year-end audits.
• Involved in physical inventory and cycle counts.
• Complies with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings.

Required Skills:

• College Accounting degree and 2+ years of experience in cost and process accounting.
• Manufacturing and job cost experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Great Plains or similar software.
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) certification or equivalent.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to remain stationary in a sitting position for up to 8 hours a day.

Ability to communicate via phone and in person to vendors and employees.

Required use of fingers and hands to operate a computer.

Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Craftsmen Industries (and its subsidiaries) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that we consider all applicants for employment and employees eligible for employment without regard to race, marital status or civil union status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or any other characteristic protected by law. We also provide reasonable accommodations to our applicants and employees with disabilities in order to assist them in the performance of their essential job functions.

To learn more visit www.craftsmenind.com or www.schantzmfg.com.

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