PeopleSoft Cost Accounting Consultant – Manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Review and support PeopleSoft Cost Accounting configuration and processes for purchased and manufactured inventory.
• Analyze costing requirements across Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, and Cost Management.
• Support standard costing, actual costing, cost elements, overhead, additional costs, and item cost calculations.
• Review costing and accounting treatment for:
• Purchase receipts and putaways
• Production completions and putaways
• Component issues to production
• Material, labor, machine, and overhead costs
• Inventory valuation and cost adjustments.
• Troubleshoot costing discrepancies and related accounting entries.
• Review costing processes and configuration and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Work with functional and technical teams to resolve PeopleSoft costing issues.

Required Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with PeopleSoft Cost Management / Cost Accounting.
• Experience supporting a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of costing for both Buy and Make items.
• Experience with PeopleSoft modules including:
• Cost Management
• Inventory
• Purchasing
• Manufacturing
• Strong understanding of standard cost, actual cost, cost elements, overhead, inventory valuation, and accounting entries.
• Ability to analyze complex costing scenarios and troubleshoot issues independently.

Experience with PeopleSoft manufacturing costing and the accounting impact of transactions across Purchasing, Inventory, and Manufacturing is particularly important.

This is a remote contract opportunity and can be structured as either part-time or full-time based on candidate availability.