Cost Accountant III

Overview

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Cost Accountant III? Then we're looking for you! Check out the job description and apply now! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Anh Martin

Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium‑ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state‑of‑the‑art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Cost Accountant III provides advanced cost accounting, operational reporting, and business analysis support within a dynamic manufacturing environment. This role is responsible for product costing, manufacturing cost analysis, and ensuring accurate financial postings for production and related activities. The position plays a key role in financial close processes, inventory control, and variance analysis, partnering closely with Operations and FP&A teams to provide insights that drive efficiency and cost improvements.

By leveraging expertise in SAP and cost accounting principles, the Cost Accountant III supports compliance, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

• Serve as the primary contact for Operations managers on production cost accounting and cost center expense analysis, in collaboration with the FP&A team
• Establish and maintain accurate product costing in SAP S4/Hana, verifying master data and calculation methods
• Calculate, investigate, and follow up on production, operational, and purchasing variances (Inventory, Absorption, PPV, etc.), directing improvement opportunities to the business
• Perform raw material standard vs. actual variance analysis and cost development reviews
• Demonstrate knowledge of fixed asset acquisition, capitalization, and life cycle activities

• Provide technical and practical support for monthly financial close, production‑related settlements, cycle counts, and inventory audits
• Perform GL account reconciliations to ensure accurate financial postings
• Assist in the preparation and analysis of manufacturing and supply chain reports
• Review vendor invoices for raw material purchases and follow up on discrepancies

• Support cost accounting efforts for maintaining JSOX internal controls
• Assist with internal and external audit inquiries and samples
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures

• Collaborate on multidisciplinary projects, driving solutions and process improvements
• Apply advanced understanding of supply chain workflows, manufacturing processes, and maintenance order activities as they relate to the general ledger
• Complete work efficiently and accurately, ensuring timeliness of deliverables
• Provide various administrative and practical support as needed

• To ensure health and safety in the workplace and for employee protection, wearing PPE is a possibility and includes equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator. A respirator fit test will be required based on functional area.

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline

• 4-6 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of…