Cost Analyst

About the role

Lasko Products, an industry leader of home environment products for over 100 years, is seeking a Cost Analyst. This role will be hybrid working from either the West Chester, PA headquarters or the Franklin, TN manufacturing facility.

Responsibilities

• Teaming: Be collaborative and work with operational stakeholders and leaders; provide miscellaneous ad-hoc reporting as requested from all finance leadership.
• Plant Strategy:
  • Calculate daily CPUs and efficiency reports to help drive improvements in key cost and production areas.
  • Develop weekly trending variance analysis to see performance versus standard.
  • Work with engineering to develop an easy-to-read daily plant dashboard that covers cost, production, shipping, efficiency, and safety.
• Forecasting and Budgeting:
  • Lead yearly AOP and periodic forecast updates for all labor and overhead expenses in the plant and distribution centers.
  • Collaborate with department managers to develop budgets around headcount, supplies, maintenance, and more.
  • Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production and general plant performance reports, with a comparative view to AOP and forecasts.
• Cost Accounting and Reporting:
  • Support the yearly Standard Cost Roll for manufactured items across facilities by updating BOMs and routings with alignment to yearly AOP.
  • Maintain accurate, fully costed BOMs for all WIP and FG inventory throughout the year.
• Month End:
  • Prepare monthly journal entries in a timely manner.
  • Analyze month end results with a comparative view to AOP and forecasts and explain variances.
  • Prepare account reconciliations for plant-related accrual accounts.
• Inventory:
  • Maintain accurate perpetual inventory balances across locations, including plants, warehouses, and any outside warehouses as applicable.
  • Plan, coordinate, and conduct annual physical inventory for relevant facilities.
  • Develop, improve, and implement processes and controls for all areas above as well as regular cycle counts in the manufacturing facility.

Requirements

• 4+ years of finance/accounting experience, with at least 1 year in manufacturing.
• Proactive and solid follow-up approach.
• Experience documenting processes and controls.
• Strong MS Office skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• ERP experience (QAD preferred).
• Consumer Products manufacturing experience (preferred).

About Lasko Products

Love Your Air™ — Lasko Products is the leading air solutions brand with a reputation for reliable products, peak performance, and perpetual innovation, a commitment maintained for over a century. Founded in 1906 by Henry Lasko in Philadelphia, Lasko has evolved to become the global leader in air solution products. From roots in small appliances, fans, and portable heaters, the company has grown into the leading home comfort company while maintaining an unwavering commitment to quality and value.

Today, Lasko stands as a symbol of innovation, offering consumers around the world high-performance products including portable fans, heaters, air purifiers, humidifiers, and home ventilation solutions. The company's well-known brands — Lasko, B-Air, BlueDri, Air King, and Guardian Technologies — serve both consumer and commercial markets across North America and internationally. Headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing and distribution facilities in Tennessee and Texas, Lasko intends to set the standard in the air solutions category for another 100 years. Lasko's mission is to provide comfort you can trust.

The company's success is based on its culture of GRACE, with five core "Be" values:

• Growth Mindset — Be Bold: We are never the finished product — every failure is a data point, every setback is a setup.
• Recognition — Be Together: We win together. We celebrate together! High performance deserves to be seen — named, specific, remembered.
• Authenticity — Be Real: No masks. No politics. Show up as you are, say what you mean, and mean what you say.
• Clear Communication — Be Clear: Say it plainly. Say it once. Say it to the right person. Clarity is kindness.
• Extreme Ownership — Be Accountable: No blame. No excuses. Own the win and the loss. No exceptions.

Benefits

• Flexible hours and a hybrid work schedule for the corporate team.
• Dog-friendly corporate headquarters.
• Competitive salaries with bonus potential.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including a strong 401(k) match, wellness incentives, and robust health coverage.