Cost Accounting Analyst York, PA | Robert Half

Cost Accounting Analyst

We are looking for a Cost Accounting Analyst to support accounting and finance activities with a strong emphasis on manufacturing costs, inventory accuracy, and financial insight. This position contributes to cost analysis, month-end close, and planning processes while partnering with cross-functional teams to improve visibility into operational performance.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze inventory balances, standard costs, labor absorption, overhead application, and production variances to help maintain accurate manufacturing cost records.

• Reconcile inventory-related accounts, investigate discrepancies, and support reserve calculations and other period-end inventory adjustments.

• Participate in cycle count and physical inventory activities by researching count differences and helping resolve issues affecting inventory accuracy.

• Partner with operations, purchasing, and supply chain teams to identify the root cause of costing and inventory issues and support timely resolution.

• Evaluate manufacturing and operational results, highlighting unusual trends in cost, usage, labor, and overhead performance.

• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial analyses for leadership, including comparisons to budget, forecast, prior periods, and other performance benchmarks.

• Contribute to annual budget development and ongoing forecast updates by compiling data, building schedules, and assisting with planning analysis.

• Support the monthly close process through journal entry preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, variance review, and maintenance of audit-ready documentation.

• Assist with profitability and performance analysis across products, customers, channels, margins, rebates, allowances, and working capital measures.