<p>We are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Accountant to join our client's manufacturing team in the Malvern, Pennsylvania area. In this role, you will serve as a critical financial partner to plant and operations leadership, overseeing cost and inventory accounting processes and driving operational and financial decision-making. This position requires a deep understanding of cost analysis, standard costing, and manufacturing performance to ensure accurate financial reporting and informed business decisions.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Manage key manufacturing cost accounting activities, including monthly closing procedures, transaction reviews, and reconciliations for inventory and cost accounts.</p><p>• Prepare and validate balance sheet reconciliations, resolving discrepancies and ensuring compliance with controls.</p><p>• Review plant-level financial results to ensure accurate reporting and consistency across locations.</p><p>• Oversee standard costing processes, including updates to standards, governance, and collaboration with operations and supply chain teams to reflect changes in production conditions.</p><p>• Maintain and verify cost-related master data, such as bills of materials (BOMs), material standards, and transfer pricing.</p><p>• Analyze and interpret cost and operational variances, providing actionable recommendations to plant and finance leadership.</p><p>• Develop comprehensive reports on product costs, manufacturing variances, inventory levels, and gross profit performance.</p><p>• Support budgeting and forecasting activities by building analytical models and conducting cost comparisons for manufacturing performance.</p><p>• Coordinate physical inventory counts, including planning, execution, reconciliation, and initiatives to enhance inventory accuracy.</p><p>• Lead continuous improvement projects to enhance production reporting and costing processes while collaborating across departments for aligned decision-making.</p>
<p>We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to support strategic sourcing and supplier management for a wide range of indirect spend categories within a Health Pharm/Biotech environment in Princeton, NJ. This long-term Contract position will focus on securing value through thoughtful category planning, effective contract negotiation, and close partnership with cross-functional stakeholders. The role is well suited for a procurement specialist who can balance commercial objectives, compliance expectations, and operational priorities in a regulated setting.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Direct sourcing activities across indirect purchasing areas such as technology, marketing, facilities, consulting services, travel, and transportation.</p><p>• Build category plans that support business priorities, strengthen compliance, and improve long-term supplier value.</p><p>• Conduct supplier negotiations for complex agreements to achieve favorable pricing, service commitments, and contractual protections.</p><p>• Oversee contracts from initial drafting and review through execution and ongoing adherence, working closely with legal and internal business teams.</p><p>• Identify opportunities to reduce spend, improve total cost outcomes, and enhance the value delivered by suppliers.</p><p>• Collaborate with partners in operations, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, finance, IT, marketing, and other corporate functions to align procurement strategies with business needs.</p><p>• Evaluate market conditions, supplier capabilities, and industry developments to inform sourcing decisions and category direction.</p><p>• Reduce supply and compliance exposure by strengthening sourcing approaches, monitoring supplier performance, and supporting diversification efforts.</p><p>• Measure and communicate procurement results, including savings, service performance, key metrics, and compliance with negotiated terms.</p><p>• Contribute to broader procurement improvement efforts such as vendor onboarding enhancements, payment term optimization, supplier diversity initiatives, and purchasing data standardization.</p>