Cost Analyst

Numbers speak to you and you like to have a concrete impact on business decisions? At Valmetal, your role as a Cost Analyst will be much more than tracking costs: you will become a strategic partner to optimize our financial performance and support our growth.

With your expertise, you will analyze production costs, identify improvement opportunities, and contribute to implementing solutions that make a real difference. You will work at the heart of the action, collaborating with our teams, to turn data into profitability levers for the Valmetal Group.

Your daily challenges

• Evaluate production costs, including raw materials, labor, and general expenses, to determine the cost of our products.
• Participate in the ongoing project to implement permanent inventory.
• Establish standard costs for all our entities and monitor them.
• Analyze discrepancies between actual costs and standard costs, identify the causes, and propose corrective actions.
• Prepare detailed reports on cost of goods sold, profit margins, and financial performance for management.
• Work closely with the production, engineering, and inventory management departments to optimize processes and reduce costs.
• Participate in the development and implementation of strategies to improve operational efficiency and profitability.
• Coordinate with accountants for the annual inventory count and cyclical reconciliations.
• Monitor inventories and report any anomalies or risks.
• Actively participate in the monthly closing (inventory), budgeting, and various planning reports.
• Play a key role in improving our sales pricing processes and the annual review of those prices.

Your superpowers

• Hold a DEC or a bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in cost accounting in the manufacturing sector.
• Ability to structure, analyze, and interpret data in an operational and decision-making context.
• Proficiency in accounting software and financial analysis tools such as Excel.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively.
• Good command of both French and English, both spoken and written, to communicate with our colleagues in the U.S. divisions (communication frequency between 40 and 60%).
• Availability for regular travel between our two plants (Saint-Germain-de-Grantham and ...) and occasional travel to our other sites.

Your new environment

• Family-like and stimulating spirit.
• Diversity and inclusion.
• Pleasure, dynamism, and mutual support.
• Recognition and referral programs.
• Guaranteed challenge.
• Ready for change? Send us your resume!

Applications received during the construction holidays will be reviewed the week of August 3.

Have a great holiday season!

*Valmetal practices a non-discrimination policy in hiring. The masculine form is used to lighten the text only.* #G2

Benefits

• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Contribution equal to the RÉER
• Flexible start and end times
• Employee Assistance Program
• Location: On-site