Cost Accountant

Company Description

Sika Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sika Group. The company develops and manufactures special construction products for the building and civil engineering sectors, which include concrete repair, protection and structural reinforcement, sealing and bonding, waterproofing, concrete admixtures and additives (ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete, shotcrete, etc.), industrial, commercial and institutional flooring and roofing systems. Sika Canada is also active in the home improvement and consumer solutions market with a range of specific products. The Industrial Products Division develops sealing, bonding and protection solutions for the railway, automotive, truck, industrial body and other OEM markets, windshield replacement, shipbuilding, appliances and equipment, fenestration, etc. Sika Canada has regional offices and industrial sites in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and employs over 450 people in Canada. The company is ISO 9001 - 14001 certified and a member of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Job Description

• Preparing monthly Inventory provision file, determining inventory at risk and following up action plan with operations as and when required.
• Preparing monthly MIS reports and reporting to management.
• Reviewing purchase and production variances on periodic basis and taking necessary actions.
• Ensuring completion of production order at month end by co-ordinating with plants and completing process orders for all factories at the month end.
• Quarterly review of standard costs and doing mass cost rollup for active items and distribution of new std cost files to EVPs.
• Ensuring cost roll up activity is conducted as and when required
• Creation and extension of Item codes in Material Data Governance (MDG) portal, its costing and maintenance of Inventory master data and managing it centrally for Sika Canada.
• Develop yearly factory rates based on capacity planning and implement in SAP.
• Ensure cost is set up properly whenever new code is created or extended.
• Review and monitor data governance website to correct cross-functional master data
• Attend Local Expert Team (LET) meetings, participating in product code creation process as and when required
• Monitoring product creation cycle within requested timelines.
• Analyze and resolve cross-functional costing data issues.
• Visting factories as and when required.
• Handling audit queries for costing and Inventory items.
• Provide necessary costing information to the Operation/Sales team as required. 
• Work with Factory Controller to resolve any costing related issues.
• Assist Factory Controller and LET with cost estimation for new project launches or R&D activities.
• Participate in Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis annually to determine codes to be discontinued when required.
• Provide support in new SAP projects.
• Additional duties as and when assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS/ PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Working indoors both in office and from home office with air conditioning and heating as applicable
• Ergonomic workspace provided
• Conversing by phone and email consistently for full work shifts

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Sika Canada Inc. is committed to and encourages the growth and development of its employees and strives to provide opportunity for growth and mobility within the organization.

Qualifications

• University degree in accounting or equivalent experience
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in costing and Inventory data management
• Working knowledge and experience with MS Excel and ERP systems, specifically SAP
• Working knowledge of monthly reporting files in excel and Power point
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Strong ability to troubleshoot issues and solve problems individually and also with inter department
• Bilingual in French & English an asset

Additional Information

• Join the family of Sika, with over 33,200 employees and companies set up in over 100 countries, which provide ample of opportunities to grow. 
• Many of our employees describe their working relationships at Sika as friendly, personable and sincere. We call this the "Sika Spirit".
• For such a large company, we have a surprisingly flat hierarchy with direct decision-making processes and decentralized organizational units.
• We firmly believe that the diversity of our workforce is a key contributing factor to our success story.

Sika is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.