Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

• Manage and refine standard costs for raw materials, labor, and overhead to keep product costing current and reliable.
• Review bills of materials and production routings to confirm they accurately reflect manufacturing methods and resource usage.
• Examine variances across materials, labor, overhead, scrap, and output, then communicate findings and practical recommendations to improve margins.
• Partner with operations and supply chain teams to align costing assumptions with actual plant activity, purchasing trends, and production processes.
• Calculate and maintain annual labor and overhead rates used in standard costing based on budget expectations and operational performance.
• Reconcile inventory-related accounts, prepare supporting journal entries, and investigate differences between subledger and general ledger balances.
• Monitor inventory valuation, reserves, obsolete stock, and slow-moving items to support accurate financial statements and sound controls.
• Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory programs, audit requests, and documentation tied to costing methodologies and inventory balances.
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, financial analysis, transfer pricing support, and system or process improvement initiatives related to cost accounting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• At least 2 years of progressive experience in cost accounting, ideally within a manufacturing setting.
• Working knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, and cost control principles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including functions such as PivotTables and lookup formulas.
• Experience using ERP systems such as SAP in a manufacturing finance environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities with close attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across finance, operations, and production teams.
• Exposure to foreign currency transactions and conversion concepts is preferred.