Senior Cost Accountant

Summary

Connect Search is hiring a Senior Cost Accountant in Oak Creek. This position offers a hybrid work from home schedule of 2 days per week.

• Own core cost accounting processes to ensure accurate, timely reporting of production and inventory costs across all manufacturing locations.
• Analyze manufacturing costs, variances, and performance trends — identifying opportunities for cost optimization and process improvement.
• Lead the annual standard cost roll process across all product categories.
• Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual cost reporting packages to operations and business leadership.
• Own month-end and year-end close activities related to inventory, costing, and manufacturing financials.
• Partner closely with Product Development, Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain to evaluate the cost implications of new product concepts and reformulations.
• Build detailed cost models for new product prototypes — covering raw materials, labor, packaging, and overhead.
• Provide financial modeling to support pricing strategies, margin expectations, and commercialization decisions for new launches.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to establish target costing objectives and profitability goals for innovation initiatives.
• Build financial models and scenario analyses to assess the impact of cost-related decisions and operational changes.
• Generate ad hoc analysis and reporting to support strategic initiatives, budgeting, forecasting, and leadership decision-making.
• Present findings and recommendations to finance and operational leadership in a clear, direct, and actionable way.
• Translate financial data into operational insights that manufacturing and cross-functional partners can actually use.

• Bachelor s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive cost accounting experience, ideally in manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, or food production.
• Solid grounding in cost accounting principles, inventory management, and manufacturing operations.
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical skills — you re comfortable building from scratch, not just maintaining what exists.
• Experience with ERP systems; familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a plus.