Cost Accountant

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Finance/IT Full-time Regular Warner Robins, GA, US

6 days ago Requisition

POSITION SUMMARY

The Cost Accountant is responsible for developing, maintaining, and analyzing product and manufacturing costs to ensure accurate inventory valuation, cost of goods sold, and margin reporting. This position applies cost accounting principles and practices to production, inventory, and purchasing activities to provide leadership with reliable information for pricing, profitability, and operational decisions.

The Cost Accountant works closely with Accounting, Operations, Purchasing, Production Planning, Warehouse, and Executive Leadership to monitor manufacturing performance, identify cost drivers, and support continuous improvement. As the organization grows through acquisitions, including potential additions such as Mrs. Griffin’s and Homestyle Candies, this role will support standardization of costing practices across business units.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Product Costing & Standard Costs

• Develop, maintain, and update standard costs for raw materials, packaging, labor, and overhead.
• Maintain bills of materials (BOM) and routing cost accuracy in partnership with Operations and R&D.
• Perform annual and periodic standard cost updates and analyze the impact on inventory and margins.
• Calculate overhead and labor burden rates and allocate costs accurately across products and business units.
• Prepare product cost estimates for new products, formulations, and customer pricing requests.

Inventory Accounting & Valuation

• Ensure accurate valuation of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory.
• Coordinate and reconcile physical inventory counts and cycle counts; investigate and resolve variances.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and prepare supporting schedules.
• Monitor and report slow-moving, excess, and obsolete inventory and recommend reserves.

Variance Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, yield, and overhead variances and explain root causes.
• Prepare monthly cost of goods sold, gross margin, and product/customer profitability reports.
• Develop cost-related KPIs and dashboards to support operational and executive decision-making.
• Provide balance sheet and P&L variance analysis related to inventory and manufacturing costs.

Month-End Close & General Accounting

• Prepare cost-related journal entries, accruals, and reclasses during the month-end close process.
• Reconcile, analyze, and adjust assigned general ledger accounts in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate documentation in support of inventory and cost account balances.
• Assist with annual audits, budgeting, and forecasting of manufacturing costs.

Operational Support & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with Operations and Purchasing to identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities.
• Evaluate the financial impact of capital projects, process changes, and make-versus-buy decisions.
• Support ERP system cost configuration, data integrity, and reporting, including Microsoft Dynamics initiatives.
• Help standardize costing methods and internal controls across current and acquired business units.
• Complete special projects and financial analysis as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to…