Cost Accountant

Interface is a global flooring solutions company and sustainability leader, offering an integrated portfolio of carpet tile and resilient flooring products that includes Interface® carpet tile and LVT, nora® rubber flooring, and FLOR® premium area rugs for commercial and residential spaces. Made with purpose and without compromise, Interface flooring brings more sophisticated design, more performance, more innovation, and more climate progress to interior spaces. A decades-long pioneer in sustainability, Interface remains “all in” on becoming a restorative business. Today, the company is focusing on carbon reductions, not offsets, as it works toward achieving its verified science-based targets by 2030 and its goal to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040.Position summary:The Cost Accountant role is responsible for setting and maintaining accurate process cost information and standard costs, reconciliation of standard costs to actual costs, maintenance of perpetual inventory system, day-to-day operations, supporting the month-end close process and annual operating budget. This position prepares and presents financial reports and Key Performance Indicators to various functional leaders that will improve operational performance; identifies areas of opportunity and efficiency and works with functional leaders to implement as appropriate.Educational requirements:• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or will consider a combination of education and experience.Skills and experience:• 2+ years of Cost Accounting in a Manufacturing Environment preferred• Must have a Cost systems background• Excellent analytical skills with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail• Experience and exposure to fundamental accounting principles• Proficient use of financial systems and Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint -spreadsheet creation/editing – pivot tables, data analysis / manipulation and formula creation, etc. Power Point – presentation creation, editing)• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communicationsEssential duties:• Performs month-end close activities including posting journal entries, analyzing manufacturing variances to budget, forecast and prior year, material price variance, usage variance, and efficiencies.• Perform root cause analysis and the trace back variances to the underlaying activities.• Performs account reconciliations, applicable roll-forward activities including inventories, reserves, and applicable accruals.• Adhere to all internal, external audit requirements and adhere with Generally Accepted• Accounting Principles (GAAP) for financial statements.• Support physical inventories and cycle count programs.• Prepares, analyzes, distributes and presents financial reports and summaries. Partners with functional leaders to review financial operations, resolve issues, analyze financial data and make recommendations to assist functional leaders in making decisions.• Analyzes monthly results and trending data to support the estimate cycle, including risk and opportunity assessments.• Supports the annual standard cost build, and budgeting process. This includes on-going cost system maintenance, raw material price determination, product routings, BOM updates, partnering with Plant Engineers to set product specifications, productivity changes and overall process improvements.• Will work with cross functional leadership and teams on a day-to-day basis to understand cost drivers and implement cost controls, provide departmental spend reporting and analyses to managers, provide routine and ad hoc analyses as needed.• Document and cross train all applicable costing processes.• Maintain housekeeping• Comply with safety rules• Comply with environmental regulations• Be aware of departmental Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)• Perform other duties as assignedPhysical demands:• Office related activities• Estimated Travel 15%Work environment:• Office2 - Entry LevelWe are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We desire priority referrals of Protected Veterans for job openings at all locations within the State of Georgia. An Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Disabled.