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While you have numerous options for air filter suppliers, few offer truly custom solutions designed around your exact specifications, and fewer still back that up with fast prototyping and full certification support.\nWe are seeking a Staff Accountant for our Sauget, IL location. The Staff Accountant will partner with the VP of Finance to establish standard costs, perform root-cause variance analysis on materials and labor, oversee inventory valuation evaluate, track, and manage the financial impact of production operations. The Cost Accountant will provide hands-on execution, administration, and oversight of the manufacturing operations accounting function and will work to improve our strong financial controls and compliance. 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Identify trends and make recommendations to management when appropriate.\nExplain all prime cost variances on a monthly basis.\nManage project to develop annual standards.\nDevelop and present cost savings ideas. 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