Primary responsibility to process ap invoices for outside vendors and intercompany for mex ledgers, and including but not limited to, prepare month end accruals, balance sheet reconciliations and other general analyses and reporting. Perform a variety of routine duties that require a standard knowledge of cost accounting procedure and principles. Measure and explain all variances, including ppv, scrap, material, and all other variances. Reconcile inventory (perpetual records to general ledger), supply explanations for variances and put systems in place to assure these variances are not repeated. Develops and implements key metrics to achieve desired behavior from team. Assist in annual profit plan by providing an inventory and cost of sales forecast and reconciliation conduct and report results of all special projects assigned by the controller and/or self-initiated on a timely basis along with proper conclusions and recommendations documentation of systems, processes, and procedures used in cost accounting understand and maintain the standard cost system, assure accuracy of standards bilingual english/spanish erp environment mfgpro accounting system oracle knowledge of industry specific quality registration schemes (i.e. Iso9001, iso/ts-16949, as9100, etc.) preferred. Knowledge of lean manufacturing and process variation reduction (six sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management preferred.