Planet Pharma
Cost Accountant
Manassas, VA | $119K - $152K
Qualifications
- 3 to 5 years experience in Accounting or Manufacturing
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or a related field of study
- Advanced PC skills, including advanced spreadsheet functions (e.g. Pivot Tables, Lookups, Formulas)
- Individual may be required to sit, stand, walk regularly and occasionally lift 0-15 pounds
Responsibilities
- SHIFT - MON-FRI 8AM - 5PM OCCASIONAL HOURS OUTSIDE OF THIS IF NEEDED
- The Cost Accountant is to proactively participate in the Finance Departments daily production review and analysis of all costs for the manufacturing site, directly reporting to the Senior Cost Accountant
- Review and entry of daily production and consumption records
- Perform finance verification of monthly raw material, WIP, and finished good inventory cycle counts
- Audit and maintain the cycle count documentation from all cycle counts, ensuring its accuracy and completeness
- Ensure the site maintains compliance with counting frequency and completeness requirements
- Monitor inventories and facilitates the paperwork approval, tracking, and filing process to maintain accuracy
- Analyze data for discrepancies in manufactured product costs, by reviewing the manufacturing variances and identifying any discrepancies in routings or bills of materials
- Assist in the analysis and roll of standard costs as necessary
- Ensure all active Raw Materials and Intermediate items have accurate standard costs
- Ensure integrity of standard costs and item attributes that impact costing or standard accounting flows
- Assist in annual budget process with standard cost rate development
- Perform other monthly and quarterly financial reports as necessary
- Other duties as assigned
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Healthcare Services, Healthcare, Clinical Research, Life Sciences
- Privately Held
- Deerfield, Illinois
- Company Specialties:
Clinical & Scientific Staffing, Outsourced Projects, Permanent Placement, Managed Service Provider, Life Sciences, Contract Staffing, Consulting, Biopharma, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, human resources, biopharmaceutical, Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical Research, R&D, Lab Support, AI, medical, medical writing, accounting , regulatory affairs, medical science, quality assurance, validation, data analytics, staffing, recruiting, direct hire, contract, jobs, engineering, medical device, FDA, diagnostics, direct hire, consulting, tech transfer, remediation, FDA warning letters, manufacturing, cheminformatics, and bioinformatics
Company information
Founded in 2012, Planet Pharma has a dedicated team of seasoned professionals with extensive experience supporting the Life Sciences industry, specifically: - Medical Device - Pharmaceuticals - Diagnostics - Biotechnology - CRO - CMO - Specialty Providers - Labs/ Healthcare Our goal is to create an organization that strengthens the employer-employee dynamic by connecting clients with talent — ultimately making staffing more personal and creating enduring, valuable relationships. We achieve this by leveraging cutting-edge technology and flexible service delivery models that enable us to provide personalized solutions for your business. Planet Pharma has offices throughout North America, Europe, and APAC. All locations operate with shared attributes at the heart of everything we do! We provide the following solutions: - Contract Staffing - Direct Hire - SOW projects - Retained Search - Executive Search
