Cost Accountant

SUMMARY

We are seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant for a temporary opportunity with potential to transition into a permanent position. This role supports cost accuracy, inventory valuation, and financial reporting across multiple process manufacturing operations. The position requires onsite rotation among three facilities in the broader regional area and close partnership with finance, production, supply chain, and systems teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own day-to-day SAP product costing activities, including the review of material costs, production routings, and finished goods valuations.
• Analyze manufacturing expenses such as utilities, packaging, supplies, and other production-related costs; communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Prepare inventory obsolescence reserves and lower-of-cost-or-market adjustments, including supporting journal entries and periodic reporting.
• Monitor inventory consumption, upcoming expirations, manufacturing performance indicators, and relevant general ledger balances.
• Coordinate consignment inventory controls, physical counts, reconciliation activities, and audit support.
• Ensure accurate costing for newly introduced materials and review cost changes across product lines.
• Evaluate cost performance for specialized production campaigns involving natural oil products and related co-products.
• Maintain required drawback documentation, submit quarterly filings, and assist with annual regulatory reporting.
• Partner with plant leadership, demand planning, financial planning, and SAP support teams to resolve costing and inventory issues.
• Provide information to internal and external auditors and contribute to additional finance projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• At least 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a process manufacturing environment, including cost analysis and reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP FI/CO, SAP Product Costing, and Material Ledger modules required.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency essential; Microsoft Access experience is a plus.
• Ability to interpret complex financial and operational data, manage competing priorities, and collaborate across departments.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a patient, adaptable, team-focused approach.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn and improve processes.
• Ability to work onsite at three regional corporate and production locations on a rotating schedule.

BENEFITS

• Temporary assignment with potential consideration for a direct-hire opportunity.
• Opportunity to build expertise across multiple manufacturing facilities and product categories.
• Hands-on ownership of SAP product costing and exposure to complex inventory and production accounting.
• Collaborate with experienced finance, supply chain, and plant operations professionals.
• Gain visibility into cross-functional decisions and contribute to improvements in costing accuracy and reporting.