Senior Cost Accountant; Manufacturing And Pri

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Naugatuck, CT, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $95,000.00 To $ Annually

Culture Fresh Foods, INC

Senior cost accountant (Manufacturing & Pricing)

Department: Finance

Reports To: Director of Finance and Administration

FLSA Status: Exempt

Culture Fresh Foods, Inc is a Dairy and Non-Dairy processing facility headquartered in Naugatuck, CT. The facility produces a wide range of dairy and plant-based spoonable and spreadable cultured and ESL (extended shelf life) products for private label, co-pack and under its own brand.

The Senior Cost Accountant (Manufacturing & Pricing) will support the financial operations of a rapidly growing dairy and nondairy manufacturing organization. This role is responsible for cost accounting, production accounting, pricing and margin analysis, inventory analytics, operational reporting, budgeting support, forecasting, and financial analysis focused on identifying operational efficiencies and cost savings opportunities.

The position will play a critical role in analyzing customer, product, and channel profitability while supporting pricing strategy recommendations, promotional analysis, inflationary cost modeling, and operational decision-making across the organization. The role partners closely with Operations, Production, Procurement, Sales, and Executive Leadership to support financial visibility and manufacturing performance.

Cost Accounting & Production Finance

• Maintain and analyze standard costing structures across dairy and nondairy product lines.
• Analyzing manufacturing variances including labor, ingredient usage, yield, packaging, overhead absorption, scrap, and waste.
• Review production losses and operational inefficiencies to identify cost savings opportunities.
• Assist with inventory valuation, reconciliation, and inventory accuracy initiatives.
• Support monthly production accounting activities and manufacturing reporting.
• Analyze bill of materials (BOMs), routing structures, and production data for accuracy and inefficiency.
• Develop operational KPI reporting and margin analytics.
• Perform pricing and profitability analysis across customers, channels, SKUs, and product categories.
• Develop and maintain contribution margin and gross margin reporting.
• Support pricing strategy recommendations and financial modeling initiatives.
• Evaluate promotional programs, trade spend, and customer-specific profitability.
• Analyze the financial impact of raw material inflation, packaging cost changes, freight fluctuations, and improve profitability.
• Monitor margin trends and identify risks and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Assist in developing pricing models to support growth initiatives, new products, and customer negotiations.
• Assist with monthly year‑end financial close processes.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analyses related to inventory, cost of goods sold, manufacturing accruals and production variances.
• Support preparation of monthly financial and operational packages.
• Assist with audit support related to inventory and manufacturing accounting.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of manufacturing and inventory‑related financial data.

Budget, Forecasting & Analysis

• Assist the Director of Finance with annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, operational modeling, and ad‑hoc financial analysis.
• Support operational efficiency analyses and financial modeling related to growth initiatives and manufacturing expansion.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Support continuous improvement of costing methodologies and operational reporting.
• Assist in optimization and utilization of SAP Business One.
• Improve financial reporting accuracy, operational visibility, and data integrity.
• Help streamline manufacturing finance and reporting processes across departments.

Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze complex financial and operational data, identify trends, and develop actionable recommendations that support…