Cost Accountant | Manufacturing
Job in
Fresno, Fresno County, California, 93650, USA
Listed on 2026-11-01
Listing for:
Purple Cow Recruiting
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-11-01
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Cost Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst, Accounting & Finance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Cost Accountant | Manufacturing
City of Industry, CA | Full-Time | On-Site
MANUFACTURING COST ACCOUNTING- Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
- Maintain and analyze bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
- Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
- Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
- Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.
- Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
- Monitor inventory valuation and manufacturing inventory activity.
- Analyze scrap and obsolete inventory.
- Review and support cycle-count adjustments.
- Support inventory audits and internal controls.
- Support month-end close activities.
- Prepare and support journal entries, account reconciliations, and accruals.
- Support manufacturing-related financial reporting.
- Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
- Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
- Support product-costing and pricing decisions.
- Analyze manufacturing performance and profitability.
- Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Approximately 20% domestic travel to company sites may be required.
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- Paid holidays
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field REQUIRED
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment REQUIRED
- Experience with standard costing and job costing REQUIRED
- Strong understanding of inventory accounting and WIP accounting REQUIRED
- Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption REQUIRED
- Experience analyzing material, labor, freight, and overhead variances REQUIRED
- Experience supporting manufacturing month-end close REQUIRED
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis REQUIRED
- Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems REQUIRED
- Ability to travel domestically approximately 20% to company sites REQUIRED
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