Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain product cost records to ensure accurate reporting of material, labor, and overhead expenses.
• Analyze manufacturing spending and cost trends to identify variances, explain results, and support operational decision-making.
• Manage standard costing activities, including reviewing assumptions, updating cost models, and validating cost accuracy.
• Partner with production, supply chain, and finance teams to improve visibility into inventory values and cost drivers.
• Assist with month-end closing tasks related to inventory, cost allocations, and manufacturing financial reporting.
• Review cost data for accuracy and completeness while strengthening controls around costing and related transactions.
• Develop recurring reports and ad hoc analyses that help leadership evaluate margins, efficiency, and overall plant performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing principles and cost analysis methods.
• Ability to interpret production data and connect operational activity to financial outcomes.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and accounting or ERP systems used for cost reporting.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work across finance and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented approach to cost accounting.
• Understanding of manufacturing cost structures.
• Ability to translate data into practical recommendations.

Skills

• Cost accounting expertise.
• Data analysis and interpretation.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Financial reporting proficiency.

Benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan.

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.