Senior Cost Accountant

Senior Cost Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Accountant to join our client's manufacturing team in the Malvern, Pennsylvania area. In this role, you will serve as a critical financial partner to plant and operations leadership, overseeing cost and inventory accounting processes and driving operational and financial decision-making. This position requires a deep understanding of cost analysis, standard costing, and manufacturing performance to ensure accurate financial reporting and informed business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage key manufacturing cost accounting activities, including monthly closing procedures, transaction reviews, and reconciliations for inventory and cost accounts.

• Prepare and validate balance sheet reconciliations, resolving discrepancies and ensuring compliance with controls.

• Review plant-level financial results to ensure accurate reporting and consistency across locations.

• Oversee standard costing processes, including updates to standards, governance, and collaboration with operations and supply chain teams to reflect changes in production conditions.

• Maintain and verify cost-related master data, such as bills of materials (BOMs), material standards, and transfer pricing.

• Analyze and interpret cost and operational variances, providing actionable recommendations to plant and finance leadership.

• Develop comprehensive reports on product costs, manufacturing variances, inventory levels, and gross profit performance.

• Support budgeting and forecasting activities by building analytical models and conducting cost comparisons for manufacturing performance.

• Coordinate physical inventory counts, including planning, execution, reconciliation, and initiatives to enhance inventory accuracy.

• Lead continuous improvement projects to enhance production reporting and costing processes while collaborating across departments for aligned decision-making.