Cost Analyst - Halifax, Canada - Meridia Recruitment Solutions

Description

Cost Analyst

Halifax, NS

Reference # HL-17998

High Liner Foods is the leading North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. With strong relationships with every major supermarket chain, club store and foodservice distributor in Canada and the U.S, High Liner Foods has a broad portfolio of recognized, trusted brands shaped by consumer insights and complemented by an unwavering dedication to providing excellent service and consistently superior customer satisfaction. The Company began in 1899 with the founding of W.C. Smith & Company, a salt fish operation located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

We are excited to partner with High Liner Foods who is seeking a Cost Analyst to join their team in Halifax, NS. This position operates within the Finance team and reports to the Supervisor, Cost Accounting. This role creates and maintains key product costing data, including maintaining accurate product costing, developing new product costs, participate in quarterly and annual budget cost updates, and other cost accounting functions as assigned. This position also maintains accurate costs and purchasing burdens for all product types and lifecycles. The position offers a hybrid working environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop new product costs following the company's processes in collaboration with various departments.
• Responsible for the set-up and maintenance of all manufactured and procured finished products, including developing bills of materials.
• Responsible for updates to bills of materials resulting from engineering and production changes, ensuring proper audit trails are followed and documented.
• As part of the team, responsible for quarterly cost updates including updating cost component data at the plant level in addition to providing analysis and interpretation of costs to users.
• Participate on new product project teams and manage the product costing process and cost analysis as required.
• Provide assistance to other departments and plants through interpretation of costing data, system support for specific applications, and general support as required.
• Assist with the continuous improvement of the manufacturing/cost enterprise system through innovative reporting, system improvement and data integrity.
• Strive for continuous improvement in the company's data collection and conversion processes to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of the information and provide advice and recommendations designed to enhance the costing process.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Business degree or relevant experience.
• Strong computer skills in spreadsheet applications including creation of pivot tables and relevant formulas.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to meet constant deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail is critical.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work with non-financial personnel.
• Experience working in a team environment with the desire to seek continuous improvement.
• Ensure controls and documentation requirements are followed.
• Strong preference for costing experience in a manufacturing environment paired with working knowledge of JD Edwards or other business intelligence ERP system(s).

This is a great opportunity to join a top managed company with growth opportunities. Connect today for a confidential conversation with us

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