Cost Accountant
Job in
Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 03079, USA
Listed on 2026-09-12
Listing for:
KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
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Accounting
Cost Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting, Senior Accountant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Salem, New Hampshire Perm 90000 Sep 2, 2026 $ 90000.00 - $115000.00
Cost AccountantLocation: Salem, NH
Compensation - $90-115k base
KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting has partnered with a growing manufacturing and technology organization in Salem, NH that is seeking a Cost Accountant to join its accounting team. This role will have a strong focus on cost and inventory accounting while partnering closely with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and other operational teams.
This is a great opportunity for someone with hands-on cost accounting experience who enjoys digging into inventory, analyzing variances, and identifying ways to improve accounting processes and systems.
Responsibilities:- Lead and coordinate weekly cycle counts to maintain inventory accuracy and support annual inventory objectives
- Analyze inventory and manufacturing variances, including purchase price and work order variances, and partner with internal teams to resolve discrepancies
- Support the monthly close process, including preparing journal entries and completing account reconciliations
- Reconcile consigned inventory accounts with third-party partners
- Lead the annual standard cost roll process
- Support cost accounting and ERP system improvements in partnership with management and IT
- Assist with quarterly excess and obsolete inventory reporting and analysis
- Support year-end audit requests related to inventory and cost accounting
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and other teams to ensure accurate cost and inventory reporting
- Participate in special projects and process improvement initiatives as needed
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
- 3+ years of relevant accounting experience
- Cost and/or inventory accounting experience required
- Strong understanding of manufacturing accounting, inventory, and standard costing
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in a deadline-driven monthly close environment
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience working with ERP systems required; SAP experience is a plus
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