Cost Accountant

             The Cost Accountant is responsible for analyzing, tracking, and reporting manufacturing costs to  support  accurate financial reporting and informed operational decision-making. Position partners closely with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and finance to maintain standard costs, monitor inventory, investigate variances, support month-end close, participate in annual budgeting and forecasting and identify opportunities to improve profitability and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and periodically update standard costs for raw materials, labor, and overhead in the ERP system.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price, and production variances and provide clear explanations to management.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing accounts.
• Monitor work-in-process, raw materials, and finished goods valuation and obsolescence reserve to ensure accuracy.
• Participate in and support physical inventory counts and cycle count programs, including reconciliation and reporting.
• Prepare periodic reports for plant and financial needs on costs, margins and productivity.
• Partner with operations, engineering, procurement, and supply chain to review cost drivers and improve costing accuracy.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting for manufacturing costs, inventory, and plant labor and overhead costs.
• Design inventory production process flow and partner with IT Department to integrate production flow accurately into our ERP System.
• Identify and recommend process improvements to strengthen cost controls, reporting quality, and operational efficiency.
• Participate in the process of new product costing at both the engineering and manufacturing levels including the development of applicable bills of materials.
• Provide additional non-manufacturing cost accounting financial support for critical areas such as freight, warehousing and tariffs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 2–5+ years of cost accounting in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, including work-in-process, overhead allocation, physical inventory, cycle counts, BOMs, routings and production reporting
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and ERP systems. Knowledge of Acumatica and/or Netstock a plus.
• Knowledge of GAAP and internal control requirements
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• CMA or CPA is a plus