Sr. Cost Accountant

Job Title: Senior Cost Accountant

Job Description:

Trystar is a leader in power distribution equipment and related services at the heart of supporting our electrical infrastructure. Our team members focus on producing the highest quality products in the industry and providing industry-leading service. Based in in our Troy, MN facility, safety and integrity are our guiding principles, and we work together to achieve excellence for our customers every day.

Trystar's team members are our most important asset, and we expect this position to play a critical role in achieving our objectives. We are seeking a Senior Cost Accountant who enjoys working as a member of a cross functional team to solve problems and improve performance. This position will be a member of the Trystar finance team and will work with other parts of the organization and team members to maximize success for Trystar and our customers.

We are looking for people who believe in our guiding principles and values of:

• Safety - We believe everyone should leave Trystar facilities in the same or better condition than when they arrived.
• Integrity - We're honest, transparent, and committed to doing what's right.
• Customer focus - We have relentless focus on our customers and their success.
• Right with speed - We use good judgement, make thoughtful decisions quickly, and execute them with purpose and intensity.
• Play for each other - We're a team. We show up for each other and we know that through teamwork we achieve greatness.
• Champion change - We know adaptation and improvement are requirements to survive and to thrive.
• Enjoy the journey - We create an environment where our team feels appreciated and has fun along the way.

In this role you will get to:

• Support accounting activities for site manufacturing operations, maintaining accurate costs, inventories, internal controls, and processes.
• Facilitate inventory related activities with the Inventory Control team, including analysis, reporting, cycle count activities, inventory adjustments, ensuring overall inventory accuracy.
• Partner with production teams to assure job costing processes are defined, documented, and implemented.
• Review all jobs daily, ensuring they are transacted accurately and timely.
• Review material, labor, and overhead cost and variance trends, researching significant variances and taking appropriate actions.
• Establish, maintain, and analyze labor and overhead rates in line with operational budgets, and established production standards.
• Partner with Engineering to analyze and update Bill of Materials and Bill of Operations to ensure the ERP accurately reflects current state.
• Prepare and maintain standard adjusting journal entries with related support as relates to operational cost accounting and monthly inventory book to perpetual.
• Assist with annual physical inventory observations across the enterprise.
• Support ERP implementation efforts as sites deploy Epicor
• Partner cross-functionally to identify and implement process improvement projects and strategic initiatives for the enterprise.
• Provide management with information vital to the decision-making process.
• Perform monthly inventory account reconciliations.

Job Requirements:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with concentration in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience within accounting/finance with experience in manufacturing cost accounting
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Proficient use of financial systems and Microsoft Office tools, including proficiency in Excel
• Excellent communication skills, with a bias towards collaboration and teamwork
• Analytical skills and attention to detail

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with ERP systems, Epicor experience, a plus
• Positive attitude, adept at problem solving
• Willingness and ability to travel 15%