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Cost Accountant | Otis Elevator | Hatfield, PA

Otis Elevator Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is one of the world's largest manufacturers and maintainers of people moving products, including elevators, escalators, shuttle systems and moving walkways. Headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut, USA, Otis employs more than 60,000 people, offers products and services in more than 200 countries and territories and maintains more than 1.35 million elevators and escalators worldwide. So just imagine where we can take you!

This is a Hatfield, PA based position for this manufacturer of residential and commercial elevators.

Job responsibilities include:
  • Responsible for setting up standard costs on new and existing products.
  • Compute labor and overhead rates.
  • Maintain item master data
  • Accounting for purchase price variances (PPV) and overhead absorption on a monthly basis.
  • Prepare monthly PPV report and provide operational support to operations group to analyze PPV and take necessary corrective actions.
  • Assist in the preparation and presentation of the monthly manufacturing and standard margin review packages.
  • Prepare monthly sales and use tax filing to the state.
  • Provide weekly and monthly reporting not limited to bookings, backlog, negatives and open work orders.
  • Assist Supply Chain Manager in Inventory control and cycle count audits.
  • Reconcile inventory accounts to the General Ledger to ensure integrity of inventory balances.
  • Responsible for inventory valuation.
  • Accounting for Excess and Obsolete inventory
  • Responsible for documenting the standard cost process
  • Review accounting and operational processes for areas of improvement.
  • Coordinate bills of material changes with the Engineering group and ensures process is followed.
  • Preparation of schedules required for interim and year end audit.
  • Develop variance margin analysis for various products.
  • Special projects.

Bachelor degree in Accounting
  • 3-5 years accounting experience within a manufacturing plant.
  • Strong computer skills required with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
  • Knowledge of computerized accounting systems.
  • Experience with MRP-ERP systems and understanding of the integration points.
  • Ability to work in a team environment.
  • Ability to maintain a professional appearance and work ethic.
  • Self motivated individual that can work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Maintain high levels of accuracy while working to strict deadlines.
  • Ability to identify, communicate and resolve issues.
  • Ability to influence others to meet group targets and deadlines.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with Business Units.
  • Strong computer skills required with working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

United Technologies Corporation is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. This Job Description is to serve as a guide. It is intended to be flexible and will continue to evolve over time with business needs and demands and may be updated periodically and at the Company's discretion.

United Technologies Corporation is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

To apply for this position, please copy and paste the following link into your browser address bar:

http://careers.hodes.com/RD/00.asp?JobID=11558143&eCode=5030

or submit your resume and salary requirements through our homepage at

http://www.otis.com