Cost Accountant

COST ACCOUNTANT

Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.

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**WHAT TO EXPECT**

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Located in our Santa Fe office, this position performs basic to mid-level accounting activities and financial analysis and is primarily responsible for standard costing and transfer pricing for US Operations. This includes working cross-functionally with product teams, affiliate partners and other groups to create and maintain standard costs. This is an exciting opportunity if you are looking to expand into all other aspects of operations accounting and financial reporting
**Key responsibilities**:

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Acts as the primary contact for Gates US standard costing. This involves the annual rolling of costs, intermittent product costing for manufacturing sites throughout the year, primary supplier error correction, monthly reporting requests to site leaders and other Gates employees._
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Work with Gates affiliate partners outside of US to create transfer prices based on intercompany markup rates. Maintain transfer price lists for purchase and sale of items to and from Gates US._
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Partners with product teams, plant accountants, affiliate partners, engineering teams, etc. to streamline new product development. Specifically, this role will work to understand where product costing fits into product development workflows, improve communication and turnaround time._
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Works cross-functionally with IT to implement improvements to Oracle ERP system, specifically to improve standard costing._
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Support financial and operations management reporting, including but not limited to the following activities: intercompany purchase price variance, booking substantial journal entries, performing ad-hoc analysis, reconciliations and reporting as requested based on business needs._
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Reconciles assigned general ledger accounts. Collects supporting documentation in compliance with Gates controls and submits for review and approval. Resolves reconciling items within a reasonable timeframe and prepares data for balance sheet review processes._
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Participate in special projects as assigned. Examples: Inventory counts at Gates US locations (potential travel), Annual budget support and Variance explanation - e.g. Purchase Price Variance._

**ABOUT YOU**
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5 to 7 years of general/cost accounting experience
- Strong accounting knowledge with experience in all areas of general accounting
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong team player: proactively able to step in to support other team members as needed and share knowledge to allow cross training of all functions, builds collaborative relationships
- Demonstrated problem solving skills: understanding of appropriate escalation points
- Works well under pressure, effectively handles conflict and demonstrates flexibility in work style to accommodate changing priorities and fixed deadlines.
- Willingness to work under time sensitive deadlines
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Solid organizational capability of tasks and processes
- Takes responsibility for personal development
- Self-motivated, capable of seeking quality solutions and continuously focusing on process improvements, while keeping the needs of the business in the forefront
- Understanding of standard cost accounting, preferred
- Knowledge of Oracle financial modules, multi-site manufacturing company experience and hands-on experience doing inventory counts, preferred
- Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

**WHY GATES?**

Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.

**WORK ENVIROMENT**

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Gates is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex,