Kraft Heinz is seeking a Cost Accountant to support costing and inventory oversight for Kraft Heinz-owned manufacturing operations across the North America zone. The role requires strong partnerships with finance, operations, and business contacts at various levels, including corporate supply chain finance, manufacturing plant controllers, commercialization teams, and data management stewards. Key objectives include refining and streamlining the annual costing process, partnering with innovation partners to ensure timely product development launches, and developing automation or new reporting to improve the accuracy of standard and actual costing and related variances. Responsibilities include refining and executing month-end close journal entries (variance pass-backs, deferred expenses, manual inventory adjustments, and cost component analysis); providing accounting guidance to both accounting and non-accounting colleagues; defining and implementing process improvements for closing with accuracy and efficiency; becoming proficient in SAP Material Ledger close process; improving documentation and insights from Blackline account reconciliations and Sarbanes-Oxley controls pertaining to inventory costing and adjustments; supporting personnel at assigned locations and their business unit management with ad hoc accounting information and analysis; consolidating and publishing variance reporting analysis; developing and conducting training sessions and project deliverables as needed. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with strong knowledge of US

Kraft Heinz is seeking a Cost Accountant to support costing and inventory oversight for Kraft Heinz-owned manufacturing operations across the North America zone. The role requires strong partnerships with finance, operations, and business contacts at various levels, including corporate supply chain finance, manufacturing plant controllers, commercialization teams, and data management stewards. Key objectives include refining and streamlining the annual costing process, partnering with innovation partners to ensure timely product development launches, and developing automation or new reporting to improve the accuracy of standard and actual costing and related variances. Responsibilities include refining and executing month-end close journal entries (variance pass-backs, deferred expenses, manual inventory adjustments, and cost component analysis); providing accounting guidance to both accounting and non-accounting colleagues; defining and implementing process improvements for closing with accuracy and efficiency; becoming proficient in SAP Material Ledger close process; improving documentation and insights from Blackline account reconciliations and Sarbanes-Oxley controls pertaining to inventory costing and adjustments; supporting personnel at assigned locations and their business unit management with ad hoc accounting information and analysis; consolidating and publishing variance reporting analysis; developing and conducting training sessions and project deliverables as needed. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with strong knowledge of US