Cost Accountant / Controller - Manufacturing - Hybrid

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• quality acrylic and polycarbonate films and sheets is seeking a skilled Cost Accountant.

With 1,500 employees across 15 production sites worldwide, they serve industries such as construction, transportation, aerospace, electronics, and automotive.

• PLEXIGLAS and LEXAN
• and continues to provide cutting-edge solutions to a diverse global customer base.

To strengthen the accounting team, we are looking for an experienced Cost Accountant to support global cost accounting and controlling activities.

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Your analyses and recommendations will directly contribute to optimizing cost efficiency, improving production planning, and enhancing overall profitability.

• Oversee global cost accounting processes, ensuring compliance with IFRS, HGB, and tax laws.
• Maintain and analyze material and inventory valuation, including setting up new materials and costing in SAP.
• Conduct material ledger actual costing and variance analysis.
• Perform month-end closing activities, including legal and group valuation reconciliation, inventory balance sheet reconciliation, and standard costing runs.
• Ensure proper inventory controls, verification, and annual/monthly counts in coordination with financial auditors.
• Monitor and review actual material prices and update production tariffs as needed.

• Analyze manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, and overhead, using SAP and other financial tools to compare against budgets and provide detailed reports to management.
• Maintain accounting and costing views of master data for materials.
• Coordinate the tariff update process during annual planning and year-end closing calculations.
• Ensure accurate product and customer-specific profitability analysis.
• Collaborate with corporate finance and other departments to support financial reporting and audits.
• Participate in production and staff meetings to provide cost and inventory insights.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in cost accounting, preferably in a global manufacturing environment.
• Strong proficiency in SAP (SAP-CO-OM, CO-PA, PCA inventory valuation) and Excel.
• Experience with SAP, in particular S4/Hana is a plus.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills in English, essential for working in an international environment. Dutch and/or German are a plus, particularly for liaising with local stakeholders.

• Salary: €75,000 - €95,000 per year.
• Work-life balance: 26 vacation days + 8 ATV days (full-time basis) and working from home for 50%
• 13th-month
• Pension provision largely covered by the employer.
• Travel expenses covered.
• Employee discounts on insurance.
• A dynamic, international work environment with a collaborative and pioneering culture.