Cost accountant
Weir Minerals
Salt Lake City or St Louis
Onsite

Purpose of Role: Will lead the operational costing function for St Louis and take overall responsibility for cost accounting, reporting operational performance, developing and ensuring compliance with costing policies, and using analytics and continuous improvement to drive efficiency in the business operations.

Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational costing, policy and reporting

Maintain and enforce the divisional cost accounting principles and policies, including training where necessary to ensure operational teams fully understand the principles and policiesReview, report and analyze operational performance of the St Louis business; with regular interaction with operations leaders to drive performanceLead the cost roll process across the business, validating increases / decreases where requiredSupport development of standard operational KPI reportsDevelop early warning, gap analysis and countermeasure recommendations for various operations financial KPIs.

Strategic operational initiatives and planning

Lead finance operations input into the annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycle – including assumptions on costs, recoveries and variancesLead and drive inventory financial analytics and work with Supply Chain leaders to improve processesProvide proactive, reliable, and credible financial advice on a broad range of operational issues to key business partnersDevelop and implement capital expenditure business cases to support investment decisions and priorities.Ad-hoc operational finance projects as they ariseSafety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is an asset5+ years post graduate experience within cost accountingAbility to read, analyze and interpret financial reports, accounting standards and governmental regulationsExperience using SAP would be beneficialAn investigative mindset/skillsetAbility to meet demanding deadlines

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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