Cost Accounting Lead

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the cost accounting framework for the business, including standard cost structures, bills of materials, routing logic, and labor and overhead assumptions within NetSuite.
• Examine manufacturing activities in detail to connect raw materials, labor usage, and production output with accurate product costing in financial systems.
• Lead inventory-related close activities each month by preparing entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and maintaining appropriate reserves for obsolete, excess, and slow-moving stock.
• Evaluate material, labor, overhead, and yield variances, then communicate findings and underlying drivers to finance and operations stakeholders.
• Work side by side with production, purchasing, and supply chain teams to improve cost precision and identify opportunities to enhance profitability.
• Review and verify master data such as BOMs, routings, and production records to support dependable costing and reporting.
• Partner on system integrations and data movement between platforms, including middleware solutions, to preserve data accuracy across operational and financial processes.
• Create and maintain reports and dashboards that track product cost, margins, inventory performance, and key manufacturing metrics.
• Strengthen inventory controls, costing practices, and manufacturing finance procedures through ongoing process improvement initiatives.
• Support audit readiness by maintaining inventory documentation, reinforcing internal controls, and assisting with product profitability and new item cost analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success building, implementing, or enhancing standard costing processes.
• Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, variance analysis, and product cost reporting.
• Experience working in NetSuite or a comparable ERP platform used for manufacturing finance.
• Familiarity with data integrations, workflow tools, or middleware applications supporting system connectivity.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in operations, procurement, and supply chain.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex production and financial data.

Qualifications

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

Skills

• Cost Accounting
• Inventory Management
• Financial Analysis
• ERP Systems (NetSuite)
• Data Integration
• Collaboration
• Reporting and Dashboard Creation

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Lifetime Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401(k) Plan

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD