Sr. Cost Accountant

Delivering Goods For The Good Of All - TrinityRail While _TrinityRail_ has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it’s what’s inside our cars that counts. We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. “Delivering Goods For The Good Of All” is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose._TrinityRail_ provides- Railcar Manufacturing: Railcar Leasing Solutions: Railcar Maintenance & Parts: Fleet Management Services: more information, visit us at trinityrail.com.Learn more about Trinsight®: is _TrinityRail_ 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demandsVideo tranFor decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to Trinity Industries is hiring a Sr. Cost Accountant in our Dallas Corporate Headquarters! The Sr. Cost Accountant is a member of Trinity’s Production Operations and Support Services Accounting team and will be responsible providing cost accounting support and analysis while playing a key role in developing, maintaining and analyzing material cost, purchase price variances and material usage variances. This individual will partner with individuals across the organization to ensure the integrity and availability of standard cost for materials and goods both produced and purchased. Join our team today and be a part of Delivering Goods for the Good of All! What you’ll do: Support the development and maintain cost accounting system, documentation, and records Determine the costs and efficiency of company purchasing activities Review costs for all external inventory, labor, and material purchases Coordinate cost accounting procedures and activity across the enterprise to ensure standardization and consistency Gather and analyze cost data to investigate discrepancies in inventory Generate reports relating to inventory, material costs, and labor and overhead rates Perform General Ledger account analysis and reconciliation related to inventory and cost accounts Timeliness of reports Technical accounting skills Support process improvement and automation Analysis for recommended solutions General Ledger reconciliations What you’ll need: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/ Accounting/ Finance required 5+ years’ experience as an Accountant, with 3+ years of experience as a Cost Accountant, Cost Analyst or similar role Strong understanding of absorption costing and variable vs fixed expense analysis Highly preferred skills: Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP Data analytics using Power BI or Agentic AI EOE Trinity Industries, Inc., and its subsidiary or affiliated companies (hereinafter “Trinity”) are committed to equal employment opportunity. It is our policy to consider candidates for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Trinity participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Trinity is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to View email address on click.appcast.io . This email address should only be used for accommodations and not general inquiries or resume submittals. #J-18808-Ljbffr Trinity Structural Towers