Job Description:

Overview

ESAB is a premier global fabrication and specialty gas control technology company focused on welding technology, advanced equipment, consumables, specialty gas control, robotics, and digital solutions. In April 2022, we officially completed our spin-off from Enovis Corporation, formerly known as Colfax Corporation, to become an independent publicly traded company.

With locations in more than 50 countries, 9000 employees and expected revenue of approximately $2.2 billion in 2021, the spin-off enhances ESAB's leadership in global industrial markets and shapes the business for increased market share through innovation and commercial excellence.

Position Overview

The Senior Cost Accountant, Plant Operations assists the Plant Controller in multiple areas of accounting, including variance analysis, sales analysis, standard cost development, inventory control, PPV analysis, and scrap analysis. Prepare daily, monthly, and quarterly reports as needed as well as participate in month end close.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly account reconciliations to ensure current and accurate balances with support
• Monitors/Reconciles inventory cycle count program and develop program for remaining materials
• Analyzes PPV/freight for proper accounting
• Prepares daily, weekly, and monthly reports on sales, production, and labor hours
• Assist with data collection to support budgets and forecasts
• Prepares journal entries to support month-end close
• Prepares month-end corporate reports (inventory, variances, sales/cost of sales activity, etc)
• Works with plant personnel to ensure proper accounting codes are used on purchase orders
• Performs audit on annual standard cost revision, tests new standard costs for accuracy
• Assist with annual physical inventory
• Assist with part number creation and calculating standard costs
• Assist with actual to standard variance analysis
• Capital project cost tracking and monitoring.
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis
• Improve current SAP reports and develop new as needed
• Work with SAP team to improve the allocation of costs in transactions
• SOX Controls and Compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree - Accounting with six years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Detailed knowledge of cost accounting and understanding of transaction flow into trial balance
• Good communication skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office and ERP software
• SAP experience preferred

Brand, Purpose, and Values

At ESAB, the belief is that the progress made today makes the world imagined possible. Its purpose is Shaping the world we imagine.

Shaping the world begins with shaping the culture. And shaping the culture begins with defining company values that can be put into practice each day at ESAB. This isn't simply what ESAB believes. It's how ESAB brings its purpose to life.

The values that help guide every action as a company include:

• Shared Success. We are there with solutions for our customers' triumphs and challenges, knowing our success is fueled by theirs.
• Help Each Other Win. We collaborate as a team to achieve our shared vision - bringing the best people together to explore creative solutions, drive innovation, build on each other's ideas, and hold ourselves accountable until the work is done. This allows us to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and stakeholders.
• Always Improving. Continuous improvement is at the core of our business management system, EBX (ESAB Business Excellence). We relentlessly pursue innovative solutions and constantly seek new ways to raise the bar of our performance.
• Purposeful Leadership. We build strong leaders who meet challenges head on, celebrate wins, and learn from every obstacle - so our associates, our customers, and the industry can imagine and achieve new possibilities.
• Every Voice Valued. We are committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming culture that values every perspective - because real progress depends on diversity, empathy, and mutual respect.

History

The story of ESAB is the story of welding. When our founder Oscar Kjellberg developed the world's first coated welding electrode in 1904, he launched a company whose innovation and uncompromising standards have helped create the history of welding itself. For more than 100 years, ESAB has been powered by the will to continuously seek new and improved ways of serving our customers. This has made ESAB a world leader in consumable products and equipment for use in the cutting, joining and automated welding, as well as gas control equipment, providing a wide range of products with innovative technologies to solve challenges in a wide range of industries. We have a global footprint, with production facilities in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia.

The ESAB Group Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.