Production Cost Analyst
Robert Half · Lakewood, NJ · 2 days ago
On-siteFinanceTemporary
Responsibilities
- Develop and refine a comprehensive cost model for a custom printing environment based on current production activities and cost drivers.
- Review existing costing inputs, validate underlying assumptions, and update data to reflect present-day manufacturing workflows.
- Analyze process-related expenses, labor, materials, and overhead to improve the accuracy of product costing.
- Partner with operations and finance stakeholders to gather production information and translate it into reliable cost structures.
- Identify variances, gaps, and inconsistencies in current cost calculations and recommend practical adjustments.
- Support decision-making by preparing clear cost analysis findings, summaries, and recommendations for leadership.
- Incorporate updates to costing logic where production methods or operational steps have changed.
- Ensure the final model can be used effectively to evaluate manufacturing performance and support future pricing or planning discussions.
Requirements
- Strong experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing setting.
- Proven background in manufacturing cost analysis, including process and production-based costing.
- Able to build, revise, and validate detailed cost models using operational and financial inputs.
- Solid understanding of labor, material, overhead, and variance analysis in a production environment.
- Experience working with custom or made-to-order manufacturing operations is highly preferred.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable financial insight.
- Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with both finance and operations teams.
Qualifications
Commensurate with experience.
Skills
Not specified.
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
TBD
Schedule
TBD