Sr. Analyst, Cost Accounting

For more than 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. We are the #1 manufacturer of residential cabinets in North America, and our associates produce the most comprehensive portfolio of superior cabinetry products for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home. Come see why our associates love working at MasterBrand.

Job Description:

The Senior Analyst, Costing Accounting will support the performance management of manufacturing operations. This position will be responsible for aspects of budgeting, forecasting, monthly close, compliance, reporting, performance analysis, and special projects as they arise. This position requires the ability to work effectively individually and on teams within a matrix organization while handling multiple priorities across functions and levels throughout the business. In addition, this position requires developing knowledge in accounting, finance, financial control, systems, information analysis and reporting. This is a key position reporting to the Sr. Manager, Cost Accounting.

Responsibilities:

• Assists with the preparation and review of the annual budget, periodic forecasts, and operating plans.
• Performs assigned close tasks accurately and timely.
• Prepares assigned journal entries and account reconciliations and substantiations.
• Assists with the assessment of monthly financial performance, including root cause analysis, and highlighting performance improvement areas to the operations team.
• Performs profitability assessments on product lines, customers, capital investments, and other business decisions.
• Ensures financial integrity by following established procedures and company internal controls that are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), MasterBrand policies, Code of Conduct, and other applicable guidelines. Ensures the financial statements are prepared in the same accordance.
• Performs financial modeling and trend and sensitivity analyses.
• Assists in the maintenance and accuracy of standard costing.
• Prepares and coordinates capital expenditure requests as well as participates in long term capital planning.
• Supports inventory and other asset control.
• Develops detailed knowledge of accounting systems such as Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Services/ Smartview, Insight, and Friedman).
• Maintains financial integrity by following established procedures, policies, and internal controls.
• Develops in-depth knowledge of all MasterBrand strategic business units. Leverages ideas from other reviews and co-workers to provide value-added recommendations and best practices to others.
• Demonstrates teamwork by responsively collaborating with the Finance management and staff, sharing information and ideas, proact.

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