Manager, Cost Accounting

Job Description:

Confluent Medical Technologies is a financially healthy and rapidly growing medical device company dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers, taking their projects from rapid prototype into high volume production. Our unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience and partnership with our clients has allowed us to perfect the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our primary capabilities include: Nitinol components and tubing, balloon expandable stents and catheters, complex catheters, biomedical textiles, and high precision polymer tubing. We take pride in our position as the leader in the medical technology space and are driven by a passion to create products that our clients have envisioned for their customers.

At Confluent, we are committed to our values of teamwork, innovation, accountability, integrity, leadership, and customer focus, and we invest in a team who represents these values. Every member of our team plays a critical role in delivering life-saving medical devices through innovative materials science, engineering, and manufacturing. We are the medical device industry's most trusted partner, and we accomplish this with an organization focused on safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

We are looking for a Cost Accounting Manager to join our team in Costa Rica. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and making an impact on our life-saving work, this may be a good fit for you! As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will:

Partner with and provide close support to the Operations areas, providing information and analysis on Manufacturing, Variances, Absorption and other Cost Accounting/Finance metrics. Give support to the Finance director, with the financial and administrative processes and with planning.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Collaborate with Corporate Cost Accounting and the Costa Rica Director, Finance to help manage and execute the annual standard cost setting process for the Costa Rica location within Epicor or ERP system.
• Participates in the development and analysis of the Annual Operations Plan and the monthly Forecasting process, providing key information and insight from the assigned business areas.
• Early involvement in product transfer and development projects led by Engineering and Product Development.
• Partner with the Director of Operations and Value Stream Managers of the assigned business area(s), to provide them with updated performance analysis and early warnings vs Budget and/or Forecast.
• Provide support to the cost analysis for new projects (PSRs) as part of the successful launch of new programs or product transfers.
• In coordination with Corporate Cost Accounting, develop and implement process improvements, document desktop procedures, and processes to achieve efficiencies in the costing process.
• In coordination with Corporate Cost Accounting, collaborate with the design and implement best in class systems, processes and controls for cost accounting to support regulatory and accounting compliance.
• Review and analyze monthly variances to standard in the assigned business areas, providing management commentary on key drivers.
• Continuously monitor the inventory trends including changes in cost components of inventory (material, labor and burden).
• Oversee cycle count activities and reporting and/or coordinate physical inventory activities.
• Partner with Engineering in the review of manufacturing bills of material and methods of manufacturing to ensure accuracy and proper, consistent costing.
• Backup Plant Controllers for interim standard cost updates or costing of new products.
• Provide Corporate-developed training and ensure adherence of the site to the Corporate policies and procedures.
• Support external audit requests and testing around inventory reporting and valuation for the CR Site.
• Assist Plant Controllers and Director, Finance with other FP&A activities as needed.
  
  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A

Have supervisory responsibilities: No

Leadership: N/A

Supervises: N/A

Supervision:

General supervision: routine duties are performed with almost no supervision; standard practices or procedures allow proceeding alone at routine work; minimum intervention checking work while in progress; work is reviewed upon completion.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor´s degree in Finance or Accounting. MBA and CPA will be considered a plus, also 5-7 years of experience in progressive accounting or finance roles within standard costing environment for medium to large manufacturer, medical device preferred, but not required.
• Strong communicator across functional groups and geographical locations with the ability to train employees on processes and procedures.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically with Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Knowledge of ERP based costing and manufacturing transactional flows.
• Experience with Epicor a plus but not required.
• Knowledge of internal controls applicable to Revenue Recognition, Purchasing and Inventory Management and Cost Accounting activities.
  
  

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Computer literacy is required, experience with ERP systems, Windows office package (i.e. Windows or similar).
• Knowledge of ISO, FDA, CE Mark standards.
• Knowledge of GAAP, NIC, NIIF standards.
• Knowledge of local legislation.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several and complex variables in different situations.
  
  

MANUAL DEXTERITY: N/A

VISION REQUIREMENTS: No special vision requirements

WORK SCHEDULE/HOURS: Monday – Friday.

TRAVEL: N/A

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Well-lighted, heated and/or air-conditioned indoor office setting with adequate ventilation.

Other physical working conditions: Moderate noise

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL: Sedentary physical activity performing non-strenuous daily activities of an administrative nature.

This position description is an outline of the major recurring responsibilities of the job. It is not intended to be all-inclusive of the work to be performed. The incumbent(s) will typically perform other related job objectives, special assignments and less significant responsibilities.