Littelfuse is one of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies (Forbes) and has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois (Best Companies Group) for 11 consecutive years. With its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Littelfuse is a leading, global manufacturer of electronic components serving more than 100,000 end customers across industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets. We have more than 17,000 employees with operations in 15 countries. From semiconductors to sensors… switches to fuses and more… we produce billions of electronic components that help our customers empower a sustainable, connected, and safer world. In 2021, Littelfuse had net sales of $2.1 billion.

About the Job:

• Determine standard costs and investigate variances with actual costs
• Lead the annual standard cost-roll process
• Review, analyze, update and validate standard cost including bill of materials with deep understanding of the labor and overhead
• Evaluate standard and actual costs for inaccuracies
• Measure, monitor and analyze cost reduction projects as compared to expectations
• Analyze material usage variances, purchase price variances, scrap and inventory evaluation actual vs forecast in support of month-end closing activities
• Resolve costing discrepancies and irregularities with BOMs
• Investigate cycle count variances and resolve inventory adjustments
• Work on special financial projects as required

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent
• 5-7 years experience with manufacturing companies in positions with responsibility in areas such as cost accounting, profitability analysis and manufacturing cost reductions
• Understanding of manufacturing standard cost accounting and inventory valuation
• Demonstrated proficiency in accessing information from ERP systems; JD Edwards and SAP knowledge required
• Proficiency in Excel for modeling and analysis 
• Experience in partnering with operations to develop and implement cost reduction plans
• Good in English reading and writing and be willing to improve oral English. Fluent English is a plus
• Strong communication skills
• High attention to detail
• CPA preferred