Cost Accountant

Role: Cost Accountant

Location: North Scottsdale, AZ | Fully On-Site

Compensation: Base salary up to $125,000

The Kostelic Agency has partnered with a growing cannabis company to identify a Cost Accountant for its North Scottsdale corporate office. With approximately $100M in revenue, multiple locations, and continued expansion planned, the business is looking for someone who can bring strong technical accounting skills and a hands-on approach to costing and inventory.

This is a dedicated cost accounting opportunity: approximately 70-80% of your time will focus on costing, with the balance supporting general accounting and month-end close. You'll join an established accounting and finance team and work closely with supply chain, manufacturing, and operations to understand what's driving costs and margins.

Scope & Impact

The corporate office supports five locations across a business currently weighted toward distribution. As the company expands, you'll help maintain accurate inventory valuations, strengthen costing processes, and give operational leaders clear insight into profitability.

Where You'll Add Value

• Maintain and update standard costs, bills of materials, and cost structures.
• Analyze COGS, gross margins, and variances between standard and actual costs, translating your findings into practical insights for operations.
• Reconcile inventory, investigate discrepancies, and oversee physical counts and cycle count analysis.
• Account for intercompany inventory transactions and ensure accurate inventory movements across operating locations.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and cost adjustments while supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations and assigned subledger-to-GL tie-outs.
• Strengthen internal controls, maintain audit support, and contribute to ERP implementation and process improvements.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• At least two years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment. Cannabis experience is welcome; manufacturing cost accounting experience is required.
• Strong technical accounting foundation, including GAAP, inventory valuation, standard costing, accrual accounting, and general ledger accounting.
• Hands-on experience with inventory reconciliations, COGS analysis, and month-end close.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with an ERP system.
• Ability to explain financial information clearly to colleagues outside accounting.
• A practical, detail-oriented approach and the ability to stay organized in a growing business.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: up to $125,000, with some potential flexibility based on experience.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k), HSA, short-term disability, PTO, and company holidays.

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