Cost Accountant

Champion Home Builders, Inc.

Job Title: Cost Accountant
FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary: Manages product costing and margin analysis for several brands of manufactured houses
including options. Determines costing impact of product modifications and customizations. Provides
costing estimates and maintains master model and option price files for quotation purposes of new business.
Manages home configuration and standard costing systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintains cost in Navision ERP system, creating bills of material for models and options, updating
bills by exchanging new items being purchased for old items made obsolete, to provide accurate
margin information for use by the General Manager and Controller for pricing decisions.
• Local Navision system maintenance (running system update programs, working with corporate
office to implement updates or problem resolution, training others).
• Production floor audits of bills of material for models and options to verify and update Navision
bills for as-built items and quantities.
• Maintenance of standard construction specifications for each brand.
• Approving all job orders prior to production.
• Interacts with other departments including Sales, Engineering, Materials, and Production.
• Track commodity costs to monitor the need to initiate or increase material surcharges.
• Ensures maintenance remains up to date to provide current margin information for models and
options used to determine price adjustments.
• Maintains all models, options, and Navision price files with approved prices for quoting.
• Assists with the quarterly physical inventory count and valuation.
• Maintains standard costing system and manages purchase price variances.
• Assists controller with accounting as it relates to inventories (raw, WIP, finished goods, and costof-goods sold, valuations and reserves).

Competencies
• Must have leadership and organizational skills with the drive to excel and perform at the next level.
• Must be able to exercise independent judgement or adopt or modify methods and standards to meet
assigned duties/objectives.
• Must be able to research and problem solve, devise solutions and recommendations, and report on
findings.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as square and lineal footages, proportions,
percentages, area, circumference, and volume, as it pertains to costing.
• Must have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and/or 2+ years related experience.
• Accounting and Costing experience in a manufacturing industry preferred.
• Experience with Navision or other ERP systems is a plus.
• Manufactured housing or construction industry knowledge helpful.

EEO Statement
Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or
expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other
legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program