The Sr. Staff / Cost Accountant is responsible for the overall accuracy of inventory valuation and Cost of Goods Sold within their area of responsibility.  As a key member of the Supply Chain Finance team, this position will serve as a Business Finance Partner to Manufacturing, Materials, Engineering and Product Creation. In addition to Supply Chain Partnerships, this position will also interface with Corporate Accounting to ensure financial and business processes and controls are performing as designed.This position requires employees to be on-site at our Red Wing, MN facility Monday through Thursday and will be remote on Fridays. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:Lead standard cost activities to support the Annual Cost Roll, New Product Costing and Engineering Change Request (ECR) changes.  Prepare accurate product costs based on Bill of material (BOM) structure as needed.Partner with Product Creation and Manufacturing (if applicable) to streamline and improve the costing process, including RFP Development, to ensure timely completion.Perform complex reconciliations, research and root cause analysis of transaction differences and errors in a timely manner through data mining, detail analysis and research.  Prepare and process correcting journal entries to ensure all inventory / financial transactions are properly recorded.Perform daily and month end close activities including variance analysis and financial review. Prepare timely, complete and accurate balance sheet reconciliations and ensure compliance with accounting policies and US GAAP.Support the Month-end close timelines and communicate issues.  Report actual results and communicate key business metrics while providing insightful variance analysis to various Stakeholders.Lead the verification and reconciliation analysis related to annual Physical Inventories.Actively participate on Lean Project Teams; review process flows and present collaborative improvement recommendations while also developing tracking mechanisms to ensure Accountability.Assist with the annual financial audit, ensuring audit support schedules are prepared and deliverables are provided timely.Partner with Manufacturing leaders to drive productivity while assisting, and in some cases leading, with the tracking and analysis of specific Productivity Metrics across several MFG Facilities (ex. Efficiency).Participate and/or lead cross-functionally within manufacturing, distribution, retail and other finance departments on projects to streamline processes and improve internal controls and compliance.  Partner to understand business initiatives and their respective impact to accounting and controls.Assist with special projects and accounting research as needed.Support business performance management initiatives.Assist in the preparation of the annual budget, monthly / quarterly forecasts by providing supporting information for areas of responsibility.