Cost Accountant

Location

Elkhart, IN (100% Onsite)

Join a growing manufacturing organization where you'll play a key role in product costing, margin analysis, and strategic financial decision-making. Partner closely with the CFO and operations team to improve profitability through cost analysis and forecasting. Opportunity to make a direct impact by driving costing accuracy, identifying trends, and supporting business growth.

• Manage product costing activities, including standard cost updates, purchase price variance (PPV) analysis, and margin reporting. (Approximately 70% of the role.)
• Analyze standard costs, bills of materials (BOMs), custom costs, ocean freight, and other manufacturing costs to ensure accurate product costing.
• Prepare variance and margin analysis, identify trends, and provide forecasting recommendations to improve profitability.
• Support transfer pricing activities between facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, and the Middle East, providing analysis and recommendations to the CFO. (Approximately 5% of the role.)
• Create and maintain new items within Microsoft Dynamics 365, ensuring bills of materials, pricing, and costing are accurate. (Approximately 10% of the role.)
• Assist with consolidating financial information across multiple locations and support financial reporting initiatives.
• Partner with operations, purchasing, and finance to improve costing processes and reporting accuracy.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience with standard costing, purchase price variance (PPV), margin analysis, forecasting, and cost reporting.
• Experience working with bills of materials (BOMs), inventory, and manufacturing cost structures.
• Experience with transfer pricing is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) is highly preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze large data sets and identify trends.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.

• You enjoy digging into data to identify trends and improve profitability.
• You are naturally curious and use financial analysis to support business decisions.
• You thrive in a collaborative manufacturing environment and communicate effectively with operations and leadership.
• You are detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to delivering accurate and timely financial information.

$75,000.00 - $90,000.00, based on experience.