Financial Cost Accountant

Summary: The role of Financial Cost Accountant involves integrating financial perspectives into strategic decision-making for a Life Science client. The position requires maintaining product costs according to US GAAP, analyzing inventory movements, and providing financial data to stakeholders. The candidate will also work on initiatives to improve cost control and efficiency while ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Strong analytical skills and the ability to work under pressure are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and create product cost according to US GAAP rules.
• Control, analyze, and report inventory movements, production results, and source-to-settle variances on a monthly basis to business partners, providing high-level commentary and estimates for recurring events to stakeholders.
• Review and ensure accurate data reporting per branch in monthly product cost, sales, and inventory consolidation close.
• Analyze consolidated costs and intercompany profit differences.
• Analyze and resolve in-transit inventory in a timely manner.
• Identify and work on initiatives that improve cost control and/or increase efficiency.
• Continue to meet the S404 requirements, updating documentation, and performing/enhancing existing controls.
• Analyze standard revisions by branch and ensure appropriate accounting is performed in local and consolidated financial statements.
• Address entity/divisional customer questions and requests on various data and system issues.
• Provide accurate and timely financial cost, sales, and inventory data to customers as requested.

Key Skills:

• A Bachelor's degree in finance combined with 3-5 years of experience in an analytical role.
• Experience with production analysis within a financial system like SAP or similar.
• Practical experience in preparing accounts in accordance with US GAAP.
• An improvement mindset; knowledge and experience with Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
• Willingness to take on responsibility.
• Goal-oriented; capable of making decisions, showing initiative, and being adaptive and open to change.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Customer-oriented; organized with good analytical skills, and flexible in work hours.
• Ability, willingness, and flexibility to travel occasionally.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Haarlem

Country: Netherlands

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

For one of our Life Science clients, we are currently searching for a financial cost accountant.

You will be part of our Finance team, which integrates financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision-making processes. We utilize state-of-the-art techniques in financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting, and performance evaluation, enabling the organization to advance medical innovation and improve lives.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in finance combined with 3-5 years of experience in an analytical role.
• Experience with production analysis within a financial system like SAP or similar.
• Practical experience in preparing accounts in accordance with US GAAP.
• An improvement mindset; knowledge and experience with Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
• Willingness to take on responsibility.
• Goal-oriented; capable of making decisions, showing initiative, and being adaptive and open to change.
• The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Customer-oriented; organized with good analytical skills, and flexible in work hours.
• Ability, willingness, and flexibility to travel occasionally.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and create product cost according to US GAAP rules.
• Control, analyze, and report inventory movements, production results, and source-to-settle variances on a monthly basis to business partners, providing high-level commentary and estimates for recurring events to stakeholders.
• Review and ensure accurate data reporting per branch in monthly product cost, sales, and inventory consolidation close.
• Analyze consolidated costs and intercompany profit differences.
• Analyze and resolve in-transit inventory in a timely manner.
• Identify and work on initiatives that improve cost control and/or increase efficiency.
• Continue to meet the S404 requirements, updating documentation, and performing/enhancing existing controls.
• Analyze standard revisions by branch and ensure appropriate accounting is performed in local and consolidated financial statements.
• Address entity/divisional customer questions and requests on various data and system issues.
• Provide accurate and timely financial cost, sales, and inventory data to customers as requested.