Cost Accountant

Title: Cost Accountant

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000

Location: Wellington, FL 33414 and some travel during busy season to the Belle Glade office

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

• Join a stable and growing company with over 80 years of industry success
• Be part of an organization committed to sustainability, water conservation, and reducing environmental impact
• Opportunity to influence key financial and operational decisions through meaningful cost analysis
• Annual salary increases based on performance and company success
• Eligible for a discretionary annual company bonus
• 401(k) plan with a 3% company match
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Pet insurance and additional employee perks
• Generous Paid Time Off to support work-life balance
• Collaborative environment with opportunities for long-term career growth and advancement

Key Responsibilities for the Cost Accountant:

• Prepare and maintain production budgets, ensuring material, labor, and overhead costs are accurately tracked and analyzed
• Maintain detailed cost records related to raw materials, labor, overhead, and production activities
• Analyze variances between estimated and actual costs, providing recommendations to improve efficiency and control expenses
• Monitor fast-moving, short-shelf-life inventory and ensure accurate inventory valuation and reporting
• Account for natural product shrinkage, spoilage, and waste within inventory costing processes
• Value raw produce inventory while managing the impact of fluctuating market purchase prices
• Maintain accurate bills of material, routings, and yield/scrap factors within the DAX ERP system to reflect actual production processes
• Evaluate the cost impact of new products, packaging changes, process improvements, and capital projects
• Prepare timely and accurate balance sheet reconciliations for inventory, cost-related accruals, and other assigned accounts, resolving reconciling items within established deadlines
• Prepare and post period-end journal entries, including inventory adjustments, accruals, overhead allocations, absorption entries, and cost of goods sold transactions in accordance with the monthly close calendar
• Prepare financial reports and cost analyses that support operational and executive decision-making

Qualifications for the Cost Accountant:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field
• 3+ years of cost accounting experience