Senior Cost Accounting Analyst

Senior Cost Accounting Analyst

An amazing career opportunity for a Senior Cost Accounting Analyst!

Location:

Austin, TX This role partners closely with operations to support daily activities and provide financial insights that identify risks, opportunities, and process improvements. The position analyzes product costs, co-leads quarterly and annual cost updates, and supports Agile processes, forecasting cycles, and month-end close activities. It drives variance analysis, oversees WIP job monitoring, and ensures integration requirements are met from an operational finance perspective.

The role also delivers inventory and direct material analytics and prepares clear, impactful financial presentations for business and executive reviews.

As our Senior Cost Accounting Analyst, you'll support HID's success by:

• Partnering with the operations team on day-to-day activities and initiatives.
• Providing financial insight to teams in assessing risks and opportunities to achieve financial commitments, proactively establishing insightful analytics, and developing operational processes that enable teams to anticipate needs and support cross-functional alignment.
• Analyzing product costs and compiling outputs and recommendations.
• Performing calculations of costing components including material, overhead, and labor to determine accurate standard costs.
• Co-leading the process for quarterly and annual product cost updates.
• Co-leading the Agile process and ongoing updates.
• Supporting the quarterly and annual forecast processes.
• Performing time-sensitive month-end close activities and conducting variance analysis as part of the monthly performance review.
• Co-leading the WIP jobs monitoring and closing process.
• Owning the integration requirements from an operational finance standpoint.
• Providing inventory and direct material reporting and analytics.
• Preparing and presenting ad-hoc financial presentations for business reviews.
• Analyzing complex financial and operational data to deliver thoughtful, forward-looking insights that identify risks and opportunities and enable informed business decision-making.
• Leading and supporting core operational finance and costing processes including standard cost development, forecasting, and month-end close to ensure accuracy, discipline, and scalability.

Your experience and background include:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as a member of a cross-functional team
• Ability to work in a global environment
• Familiarity with IFRS/GAAP
• Minimum of 4-7 years of accounting/finance experience
• Accounting knowledge preferred
• Experience with Oracle or similar ERP system
• Proficient in MS Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. with advanced Excel skills required
• Knowledge of data warehouse reporting and analysis tools
• Experience with HFM and One Stream is preferred.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential

HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves, fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity.

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