Cost Accountant

Job Description: We are looking for costing professional for developing, operating and maintaining detailed product cost matrix as well as guiding new product development, engineering and sourcing teams on cost reduction opportunities. The individual will bring a strong analytical mind-set to the organization and fully leverage cost opportunities through use of scalable fact-based costing methodologies. The costing professional will play an important role in the Product Manufacturing & Supply Organization with an extensive focus on fact-based decision making and communication with Product team, Sourcing, Suppliers, Finance and Engineering organizations. The individual will partner closely with Supply Chain Engineering, Product Development and make Costing Analysis to build clean sheet labor and overhead cost models that incorporates dynamic cost inputs in support of Vendor negotiations, margin management and business planning. Key Role & Responsibilities: Profitability: Support to maximize profitability through cost savings on the labor, overhead and profit components of product spend through fact-based modeling factoring in impact from footprint movements, manufacturing practices. Be proactively involved in productivity improvement programs and ensure that these savings are fully reflected in product cost reductions. Analytics: Build detailed matrices that provide transparency into labor and overhead costs and provide insights on cost drivers using structured cost models and benchmarking methods. Develop systems and models that support maintenance of detailed and dynamic rate cards on cost drivers to enable scenario planning and fact-based negotiations.