Accounting Supervisor - Peterborough, Canada - Dynacast

Dynacast

Verified Company

Peterborough, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company Profile

Dynacast Peterborough is known for its multi-slide technology, standard die casting with integrated automation, and IMA (Injected Metal Assembly) precision zinc manufacturing.

IMA offers a unique process where precision tooling is combined with metal alloys and is used to join multiple components into a ready-to-use assembly with a single operation.

Dynacast Peterborough is dedicated to designing, building, manufacturing, and delivering quality die cast components.

Below are additional details about what is offered at the Peterborough location:

40 multislide proprietary zinc die casting machines ranging from 12 to 21 tons
Five multislide proprietary zinc die casting machines ranging from 70 to 200 tons
Injected Metal Assembly (IMA) up to one ton
Precision tool building with inhouse capabilities
Design, prototyping, and modeling services
Wide range of finishing surfaces available including tumbling, polishing, shot blasting and thermal deburring
Cosmetic or protective coating equipment either through certified suppliers or inhouse
Wide range of secondary operations including CNC machining, tapping, reaming, and drilling

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About the Role:_

This role provides timely and accurate costing functions relating to production and consumption (inventory) in manufacturing processes, inputs journal entries, prepares and/or generates period-end reports/summaries, makes recommendation for system improvements and other manufacturing-related production statistical and inventory reports within Dynacast in order to achieve relevant, accurate, timely and consistent information for management decision making.

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Key Duties & Responsibilities:_

Managing the costing function within the plant within identified timelines, relating to inventories and production to enable Dynacast to manage and monitor production to provide timely and accurate financial Costing;
Researching and explaining discrepancies or variances in monthtomonth general ledger/inventory balances to standards and report as requested;
Reviewing and managing quoting model to ensure accuracy to actuals;
Completing all computerized monthend cost accounting transactions and closing off all computer generated cumulative and discrete work within predetermined monthend closing deadlines;
Reconciling inventory balances in the General Ledger with those in MRP system to identify any discrepancies, and preparing and inputting the necessary approved adjusting entries;
Setting up accrual entries for vender service invoices;
Entering journal entries and assisting in the reconciliation/analysis of specific accounts;
Making recommendations for and assisting in the development of improvements to the accounting and production software to ensure integrity of output;
Reviewing current manual systems and making recommendations for their automation by working with the IT department on a project basis;
Investigating and verifying the integrity of the production system data by reviewing and updating the Bill of Material, Routings, Product lines and Department Costs;
Maintaining the fixed asset system;
Preparing monthly depreciation journal entry and capital expenditures report;
Reconciling fixed asset and depreciation accounts in general ledger, investigating discrepancies and preparing adjusting entries;
Performing administrative and accounting activities as requested to support efficient departmental functioning;
Assisting in preparing annual yearend closing analysis, summaries and reports;
Assisting in taking a physical inventory count, annually; and
Assisting in preparation of Annual Budget and threeyear Business Plan.

Education & Experience Required:

Must possess a professional accounting designation or be working towards a designation;
Three (3) year Business Administration Accounting Diploma;
Minimum 5 to 8 years' progressive Accounting experience, preferably within an ISO certified manufacturing environment with emphasis on cost accounting.

Skills & Knowledge Required:

Advanced level proficiency in MS Office;
Intermediate level proficiency in manufacturing/accounting software. Specific proficiency in ERP System;
Advanced level proofreading, and keyboarding/data entry skills, with an emphasis on accuracy;
Interested in growing within the company with potential to take on a leadership role in the future is considered an asset.
We thank all applicants for their interest in the role, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

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