Manufacturing Cost Analyst

About the role

As a key member of our team, you’ll play a vital role in driving financial insight and operational excellence across the plant. This is a hands-on, high-impact position where your analysis directly influences performance, profitability, and decision-making.

Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Own cost accuracy by maintaining cost standards, analyzing variances, applying costs, and ensuring precise inventory valuation using your understanding of products, pricing, procurement, manufacturing processes, and systems.
• Lead and support critical hands-on inventory activities, including coordinating interim physical inventories, conducting factor studies, bill of material audits, and verifying sales cutoffs.
• Transform data into action by preparing timely, accurate, and meaningful financial reports, cost analyses, and forecasts—then clearly communicating opportunities to reduce costs and maximize profit.
• Ensure accounting integrity by preparing and analyzing cost accounting journal entries and performing detailed account reconciliations.
• Collaborate across the organization by supporting plant initiatives such as plant benchmarking, layout rearrangements, and system-related projects.
• Be a trusted team player, providing backup support across accounting functions and contributing to a strong, collaborative team environment.
• Communicate with confidence, maintaining effective oral and written communication with plant leadership and management.
• Take on new challenges as needed, contributing to continuous improvement and business success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS or BA) in Accounting with 3–5 years of accounting experience; manufacturing environment preferred.
• CPA, CMA, and/or MBA preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (formulas, pivot tables, charts) and working knowledge of PowerPoint, Access, and Word.
• Strong interpersonal, technical, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality.