As a cost accounting you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of inventory in warehouses and on the production floor by executing and coordinating cycle counts, as well as participating in the annual physical inventory. Additionally, they manage the adjustments audit and perform accounting-operational reconciliations (KARDEX vs. GL), ensuring compliance with internal controls and applicable tax requirements.

Key Responsibilities
- Perform monthly closing procedures to establish and maintain accurate accounting records for the plant, such as journal entries, results analysis and account reconciliations
- Prepare detailed reports on production and operating costs to provide relevant information for managerial decision making
- Manufacturing Variance follow-up with Plant: analyze differences between estimated and vigente production costs and collaborate with plant to improve efficiency and reduce variances
- Complete and evaluate account reconciliations to identify trends and ensure accuracy of the account balances




- Help facilitate and perform re-costing and analyze results to understand real-time cost changes
- Assist with preparation of annual manufacturing budgets, detailed by category and cost center for determining the accurate product costs
- Participate in meetings to support the plant manager and the leadership team with understanding results, proactive cost actions, capital investment analysis, and other ad-hoc tasks
- Oversee inventory accounting and physical inventory count reconciliation for the plant locations
- Help with SOX audit compliance and other issues raised by internal and external audit
- Collaborate regularly with the Operations Finance Supervisor in the US who is the lead for the plant locations, as well as the Cost Accounting Specialists in QRO who assist with the sites

Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or related field
- Proven experience of 3 years or more in accounting department
- English f

📌 Cost Accounting Specialist (Santiago de Querétaro)
🏢 Ppg Industries
📍 Santiago de Querétaro