Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are recruiting on behalf of a client seeking a manufacturing cost accountant to join their team!

As a Cost Accountant, you will be responsible for maintaining the integrity of manufacturing cost data and providing financial insights that support operational and strategic decision-making.

• Process and analyze daily manufacturing work orders and resolve discrepancies.
• Partner with production teams to reduce and eliminate work order errors.
• Calculate and track labor efficiency metrics, including Units Per Labor Hour (UPLH).
• Prepare monthly journal entries and support P&L review activities.
• Maintain inventory ledger (IL) and general ledger (GL) integrity.
• Perform inventory valuation, cost accounting, and perpetual inventory analysis.
• Conduct variance analysis, including material, labor, and purchase price variances (PPV).
• Analyze obsolete inventory and recommend corrective actions.
• Track project costs and provide reporting for product and operational initiatives.
• Participate in product development and cross-functional project reviews.
• Manage the annual standard cost roll process.
• Develop cost quotes and financial analyses for business leaders and field personnel.
• Prepare and present monthly product cost reporting to Purchasing, Sales, and executive leadership.
• Support physical inventory processes and cycle count activities.
• Ensuring accurate product costing and inventory valuation.
• Driving work order accuracy through collaboration with manufacturing teams.
• Successfully executing the annual standard cost roll process.
• Providing meaningful analysis and reporting that supports business decisions.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of manufacturing cost accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis.
• Experience working with integrated ERP or financial systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables, and reporting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across departments.

This is an on-site, direct hire role

Salary $55-65K

We will work tirelessly on your behalf to identify opportunities that will best match your career goals to our clients' hiring needs!