Enterprise Cost Accountant (Mid-level Leader)

Enterprise Cost AccountantCity Brewing & Beverage is a leading U.S. co-manufacturer for top beverage brands. With more than 25 years of experience and state-of-the-art high scale and high volume facilities, we have the ability to produce a diverse portfolio of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. We foster a collaborative, growth-focused workplace where employees are empowered to learn, lead, and make an impact while helping shape the future of the beverage industry.The Enterprise Cost Accountant is responsible for standardizing and overseeing cost accounting practices — Bills of Materials, production Routings, and Cost Structures — across all four City Brewing locations. This role ensures costing methodology is applied consistently company-wide, enabling leadership to rely on accurate, comparable SKU-level cost and margin data across the network. The position partners with plant-level Cost Analysts, operations, procurement, and commercial leadership to maintain data integrity and support enterprise decisions on pricing, capital investment, and portfolio strategy.ResponsibilitiesEstablish and maintain standardized BOM, routing, and costing structures applied consistently across all locationsOwn the enterprise standard costing methodology (materials, labor, and overhead absorption) and lead the annual standard cost-setting process company-wideConduct periodic cross-site audits of BOMs, routings, and cost data to identify inconsistencies and drive corrective actionServe as the enterprise subject matter expert and system owner for costing modules within the ERP/MRP platformDevelop and enforce costing policies and internal controls supporting audit readiness and inventory valuation integrityConsolidate SKU-level and site-level cost and margin data into a unified enterprise view for leadershipAnalyze cross-site cost variances — labor rates, overhead absorption, yield, freight — to identify best practices and improvement opportunitiesBuild and maintain enterprise dashboards and standard reporting on cost trends and margin by SKU, site, package type, and brand familySupport corporate budgeting, forecasting, physical inventory counts, and audit requests requiring consolidated cost dataPartner with plant management, operations, procurement, and commercial leadership across all locations to ensure costing reflects operational realitySupport cost analysis for new product development, capital projects, new site onboarding, and co-packing or contract arrangementsPartner with the Corporate Controller and Finance leadership on internal controls related to inventory valuation and cost accountingRequirementsBachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field required5+ years of cost accounting or manufacturing finance experience, including exposure to multi-site or enterprise-level cost responsibility;Experience within brewery, beverage, food & beverage, or CPG manufacturing strongly preferredDemonstrated experience building, standardizing, or auditing BOMs, routings, and standard costing methodology within an ERP/MRP system, ideally across multiple facilitiesFamiliarity with industrial brewing process and terminology, preferredStrong understanding of standard costing, variance analysis, and overhead absorption methodologiesAdvanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, modeling); experience with BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau, preferredWillingness to spend time on the production floor at multiple locations to validate that data reflects operational realityStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate cost details into actionable insight for non-finance stakeholders and to drive consistent practices across site teamsAbility to travel 10% domestically during the yearCity Brewing Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.