Senior Cost Accountant

MITER Brands™ is a residential window and door manufacturer that provides a leading portfolio of window and door brands for the new construction and replacement segments. MITER Brands, also known as Milgard, MI Windows & Doors and PGTI is one of the nation’s largest suppliers of vinyl windows and patio doors, with plants across the country.

Why work at MITER Brands?

A Senior Cost Accountant job in Tacoma, WA, is available at Milgard Windows and Doors (MITER Brands). We are looking for a senior finance professional with a manufacturing background to assume responsibility for costing and inventory for the western manufacturing locations. The Senior Cost Accountant will support our monthly financial process, reporting and analysis activities, ensuring that all transactions are properly classified and financial statements are reported in accordance with GAAP. While the position is part of a matrix organization and reports up through Milgard Finance, the position is also part of the MITER finance team responsible for achieving operational and financial goals. MITER Brands™ is a residential window and door manufacturer that provides a leading portfolio of window and door brands for the new construction and replacement segments. MITER Brands is one of the largest suppliers of precision-built and energy-efficient windows and doors, with more than 10 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States, servicing thousands of dealers. More than the name of a parent company, MITER Brands establishes a way of doing business. With optimized manufacturing, valued relationships, and dedicated team members coast to coast, MITER Brands instills confidence and drives quality customer experiences with an owner-operated, family-first approach.  

• Record costs and perform reporting including classifying, summarizing, communicating and interpreting cost data to internal and external parties
• Cost measurement or estimation for specific products and services of the organization
• Cost management, obtaining accurate process costing data and managing it to assist managers in making critical decisions such as pricing, product mix and process technology
• Perform cost analysis, analyzing cost data and translating it into information useful for managerial planning and control and facilitate short-term and long-term decisions
• Prepare and present quarterly material standard cost rolls and bi-annual labor and overhead rate updates to finance leaders for review and perform cost updates in ERP

• Prepare quarterly excess and obsolete inventory analysis to determine reserve and identify areas to reduce and write-off of inventory

• Analyze cost flow assumptions, inventory reporting, waste control, and variances from standard costs
• Cost analysis to determine bill of materials are accurate
• Develop and/or implement strong internal controls and create documentation for inventory and costing processes
• Month end activities including overhead allocations, commodity cost tracking and bridge analysis of costs and revenues between reporting periods, obsolescence reserves, revenue recognition reserves and reconciliations
• Partner with Operations for location physical inventories and inventory reconciliations
• Support Corporate Finance during month-end close including preparing journal entries and maintaining general and subsidiary ledgers 
• Support the annual operating plan and forecasting processes by preparing material inflation impacts by commodity and product families
• Prepare inventory and costing KPI’s and identify opportunities for improvement
• Perform projects to improve company performance
• Support audit requests for external auditors

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting Required, Advanced degrees and certifications preferred
• Seven plus years experience specifically in Cost Accounting with a clear progression of increased responsibilities
• Experience in manufacturing required; Lean or other Continuous Improvement (CI) experiences are highly valued
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools required
• Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and cost accounting theory, including standard costing, variance analysis and internal controls
• Experience with accounting systems inventory control and product costing modules (Oracle ERP experience is a plus), along with an understanding and interest in product manufacturing processes
• Must be experienced in month-end closing, cost reporting, budgeting, forecasting, as well as cost and operational analysis
• Exemplary analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills and understanding how to work throughout all levels of the organization
• Strong sense of urgency and self-motivation; ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure and consistently meet deadlines