Senior Cost Accountant

As a Senior Cost Accountant, you will oversee cost and inventory accounting activities, strengthen financial processes, and provide analytical support to manufacturing operations. Your main responsibilities will include:

• - Cost Accounting:
• - Calculate, analyze, and update product costs, material costs, and standard costing structures.
• - Analyze cost of goods sold (COGS) variances and trends, including purchase price and production volume variances.
• - Prepare monthly cost accounting journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• - Review inventory transactions to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal policies.
• - Perform margin and profitability analyses across products, customers, and business units.
• - Support annual physical inventory activities and related accounting processes.
• - Inventory Management:
• - Maintain accurate inventory valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements.
• - Partner with Operations teams to improve inventory accuracy and strengthen cycle counting programs.
• - Analyze inventory reserves, obsolescence, excess inventory, and slow-moving stock.
• - Reconcile inventory subledgers with the general ledger and investigate discrepancies.
• - Financial Reporting and Analysis:
• - Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• - Prepare management reports explaining cost trends, inventory movements, and manufacturing performance.
• - Develop dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor inventory and operational performance.
• - Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and annual operating plan activities.
• - Support internal and external audits by preparing financial documentation and responding to information requests.
• - ERP Implementation and Process Improvement:
• - Act as the Finance lead or a key contributor during ERP implementations, upgrades, and optimization initiatives.
• - Design, implement, and validate cost accounting processes and workflows within ERP systems.
• - Test costing functionality, inventory transactions, production workflows, and financial reporting capabilities.
• - Establish and strengthen internal controls across ERP cost accounting modules.
• - Develop process documentation, accounting procedures, and end-user training materials.
• - Identify opportunities to automate manual activities, streamline workflows, and improve reporting efficiency.
• - Cross-Functional Partnership:
• - Collaborate with Operations, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams to improve business performance.
• - Provide financial guidance and cost analysis for new product introductions and manufacturing initiatives.
• - Participate in capital expenditure evaluations and manufacturing investment decisions.
• - Present financial results, business insights, and recommendations to management and leadership teams.

The ideal candidate is an analytical accounting professional with substantial manufacturing cost accounting experience, strong ERP expertise, and the ability to work effectively across business functions. You should be comfortable managing complex financial processes while identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making. The following qualifications are expected:

• - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• - CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
• - At least 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience.
• - Minimum of 3 years of cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.
• - Previous experience working in high-growth organizations and/or consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies.
• - Demonstrated participation in at least one full ERP implementation or major ERP upgrade.
• - Strong understanding of standard costing methodologies, inventory accounting, U.S.…