Director of Cost Accounting

Accounting        ·       Irvine, CA       ·       Full time

Job Title: Director of Cost Accounting
FLSA: Salaried Exempt
Department: Accounting
Reports To: Controller
To apply, e-mail your resume to careers@axonics.com

Job Responsibilities:

Ensures the integrity of accounting information by reviewing, recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.

General Description and Duties:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential task satisfactorily. The tasks listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job effectively.

• Training and supervising the cost accounting team
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and ensure consistent application of cost accounting principles across all regions and product lines
• Act as the key liaison between the Operations department and Accounting/Finance department
• Drive continuous improvement and own the delivery and execution of the annual standard cost and overhead update process
• Manage the process of assessing inventory for excess and obsolescence reserves
• Lead month-end close process for cost accounting team’s tasks
• Review and approve manual journal entries and monthly inventory reconciliations
• Review analysis of manufacturing variances and the capitalization/amortization of variances
• Assist with the coordination and deliverables for quarterly review and annual audits performed by internal and external auditors
• Prepare ad hoc reporting and analyses and assist team with research on cost accounting questions and assist with special projects as requested
• Review work and conduct goal setting, performance evaluations and career development discussions for the cost accounting team
• Reviewing and approving inventory requisition process
• Oversees physical inventories and monitors cycle count program
• Manage inventory-related reporting, analytics and KPI’s

Projects and Other Duties:

• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Position Qualifications

• Must have a strong Cost systems background and have excellent analytical skills; sound understanding of accounting principles.
• Computer Literate – Strong Excel skills and the ability to use Outlook and Word
• Experience with QAD a plus
• Experience working with engineering and manufacturing personnel on development and analysis of cost standards; strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to accurately prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree

Minimum Experience:

• At least 7 years of Cost Accounting leadership in a manufacturing environment

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