Senior Cost Accountant

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Executive Full Time Scottdale, GA, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $ Annually

Role: Senior Cost Accountant
Location: Decatur, Georgia – On-Site
Job Type: Full-Time, W-2, In-Person

Better Planet and Warehouse Sales & Services is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant to provide full-time accounting support for multiple companies. This is a full-time, on-site, in-person W-2 position based in Georgia.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in manufacturing cost accounting, inventory accounting, production accounting, financial reporting, intercompany accounting, and Quick Books Online
. This position requires more than general ledger and bookkeeping experience. The successful candidate must understand how costs move through a manufacturing environment-from purchasing and inventory through work orders, production, labor, overhead, finished goods, sales, and ultimately the financial statements.

The Senior Cost Accountant will be expected to analyze manufacturing costs, identify discrepancies, support accurate inventory valuation, evaluate production and inventory adjustments, and provide management with reliable financial information for decision-making. Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles within a manufacturing company is required.

The successful candidate will be highly analytical, organized, detail-oriented, and capable of independently identifying accounting discrepancies and determining their root causes. This individual will work closely with management, operations, purchasing, warehouse, production, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of accounting activities.

Perform and oversee manufacturing cost accounting activities
, including analysis of direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods.

Understand and analyze the full manufacturing cost flow from raw materials through production and finished goods
.

Review and analyze production costs to determine whether costs are being properly captured, classified, allocated, and reported.

Perform inventory accounting and valuation
, including investigation of inventory variances, adjustments, discrepancies, write-offs, and unusual movements.

Analyze material usage, labor costs, manufacturing overhead, production variances, and other cost drivers
.

Review work orders and production-related transactions to identify accounting or costing discrepancies.

Reconcile inventory-related accounts to the general ledger and investigate differences between physical inventory, operational inventory records, and accounting records
.

Assist management in understanding the financial impact of production activity, inventory movements, purchasing decisions, and operational changes.

Analyze standard costs, actual costs, cost variances, and manufacturing margins where applicable.

Support the development, maintenance, and review of product costing and pricing information
.

Evaluate the accounting impact of inventory adjustments and determine whether adjustments are properly supported, authorized, documented, and recorded.

Identify trends in material, labor, overhead, and production costs and communicate significant variances to management.

Assist with cost-of-goods-sold (COGS) analysis
, gross margin analysis, and manufacturing profitability.

Work closely with Production, Warehouse, Purchasing, and Inventory Control to investigate and resolve costing and inventory discrepancies.

Ensure manufacturing-related accounting transactions are supported by appropriate documentation and comply with company policies and accounting principles.

Assist management with cost analysis for new products, customer projects, production changes, and pricing decisions
.

Develop and maintain appropriate documentation and procedures for manufacturing cost accounting processes.

Perform monthly bank and credit card reconciliations.

Prepare monthly financial statements and support month-end and year-end closing activities.

Prepare and record journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, depreciation, interest expense, and other required accounting adjustments.

Support payroll accounting and payroll-related reconciliations.

Prepare and…