Cost Accountant

Franklin International , a leading manufacturer of adhesives, coatings, and sealants is currently seeking a Cost Accountant. This position is responsible for cost accounting tasks related to maintaining the accuracy and integrity of Franklin's standard cost system, product costing, inventory transactions, valuation, and physical inventory, manufacturing costs, and cost variances. Supports the month-end close process and provides routine and on-demand reporting, reconciling, and analysis.

Fundamental Job Tasks:

Maintaining the standard cost system:

Responsible for the daily tasks and checks that ensure the standard cost system is working correctly and efficiently. Helps identify setup issues and speaks for cost system concerns when assisting with new processes. Monitors for exceptions indicating inventory and product cost issues.

Product costing:

Ensures new products are costed correctly and efficiently through an understanding of the cost system and Franklin's manufacturing processes as well as collaboration with relevant departments. Provides cost estimates for new products as needed. Participates in quarterly standard cost rollups.

Inventory transactions, valuation, and physical inventory:

Reviews inventory transactions, works with various departments to ensure transactional integrity, assists with inventory reserve and monitoring unsellable inventory. Participates in year-end physical inventory.

Manufacturing costs:

Ensures manufacturing expenses are recorded correctly, assists with corrections, provides analysis and reporting as needed. Assists with cost models and ensuring expenses ultimately roll up into product costs correctly.

Cost variances:

Reviews variances including PPV, cycle counts, shop orders, etc. Summarizes and identifies trends and problem items/transactions. Supports corrections and process improvement.

Support month-end close:

Supports costing accounting related month-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, and database loads.

Provide reporting, reconciling, and analysis:

Supports various departments and processes with routine and on-demand reporting and analysis.

Targeted Skills/Knowledge:

Professional status as demonstrated by a four-year business degree or two-year degree with equivalent experience. Experience with MS Office Suite required along with strong Excel skills. The position requires strong interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills, as well as good written and verbal communication skills. Must have proven ability to meet tight deadlines, ensure accuracy, and collaborate effectively.

About Us:

Based in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., Franklin International was established in 1935 and today is among the largest privately held manufacturers of adhesives, sealants and polymers for commercial and industrial applications. Franklin integrates its core competency -emulsion polymerization - into a broad product offering, including glues, adhesives, hot melts, binders, sizing compounds and more. These products are distributed across six continents for use in construction, furniture manufacturing, millwork, paper converting, pressure-sensitive products and fiberglass reinforcement.


Franklin International is proud of our family-friendly atmosphere. We are small enough that people know your name, but big enough to have the resources available to do amazing things within our industry. Our award-winning benefits program includes a wide range of benefits from medical, dental, and vision insurance to more unique options like a free on-site fitness center, nurse health coach, 529 Plan matching, and adoption support. Our average employee tenure is over twelve years; learn more at