Job Description

Job Summary

Under general supervision, responsible for supporting financial reporting, cost accounting, inventory accounting, and operational analysis activities. Performs cost and margin analyses, prepares biweekly and monthly financial reports, and ensures the accurate recording of financial transactions through journal entry preparation and account reconciliations. Supports month-end close activities, inventory valuation, and balance sheet integrity while analyzing variances and business performance trends. Collaborates with operational and sales teams to provide financial insights, improve processes, and enhance internal controls. Assists with internal and external audits, special projects, and financial analyses to support management decision-making and organizational objectives

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Analyze data to determine costs of business activity such as inventory and labor costs.
• Monitors physical inventories and cycle count program providing support to enhance the process.
• Prepare and post monthly manual journal entries for location P&L and Balance Sheet accounts, ensuring accurate financial reporting and supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, as well as other assigned duties.
• Reconciles finished, work-in-progress, raw goods inventories, and other projects and balance sheet accounts monthly.
• Assisting in the month-end close of General Ledger specifically to cost, manufacturing, and inventory but also other areas that might be assigned to enhance departmental controls.
• Partners with operations on accounting for POC projects including, tracking actual job costs, working with the Project Manager to capture the monthly POC forecast in the overall plant forecast, preparing the monthly POC entries, reviewing completed projects, and ensuring that all costs are captured to the job and job-related inventory movements are properly captured.
• Support initiatives for process improvements such as cost accounting, expense analysis, margin analysis or other opportunities.
• Support special projects or financial analysis when needed.
• Provide support for internal and external financial audits by following established procedures and maintaining proper documentation as required by internal controls.
• Perform job duties as assigned by the manager.

Skills/Knowledge

• Possess and applies a knowledge of cost accounting principles and practices in a manufacturing environment are preferred.
• Intermediate PC skills, including intermediate Excel capabilities, such as pivot tables and advanced formulas Familiarity with business processes and products.
• Must be detail-oriented and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle multiple activities successfully with minimal supervision.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting / Finance or equivalent.

Experience

• 7+ years of experience in cost accounting or a Master's Degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with an ERP

About FET

FET (Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.) is a global company, serving the crude oil, natural gas, and renewable energy industries. FET is headquartered in Houston, TX with quality manufacturing, efficient distribution, and service facilities conveniently located to support the major energy-producing regions of the world. Forum’s products and services range from the underwater reservoir to the refinery, from the sea floor to the above ground transportation line. We pride ourselves on giving you a comprehensive offering of solutions to maximize your operations and improve your bottom line. Our customers are our partners and we work with them to solve their ever-changing challenges.

FET is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FET does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions and practices at FET are subject to the foregoing non-discrimination provisions and are based solely on merit, competence, performance, and business needs at the time.

FET participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. FET participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU..

As part of our hiring process, we may use technology, including AI-enabled tools, to help review and assess applications based on job-related criteria. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team and hiring managers.