Cost Accountant

Why This Role Matters Ensures accurate product costing and inventory valuation, enabling informed business and operational decisions. Provides financial insights into manufacturing performance, helping identify cost savings opportunities and profitability improvements. Supports the integrity of financial reporting through accurate cost accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close activities. Partners cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, and Finance to improve processes, enhance efficiency, and strengthen cost controls. What You Will Do Partner with plant and corporate teams to review manufacturing costs, close production jobs, and ensure accurate job costing and inventory valuation. Analyze manufacturing variances, job profitability, and production performance to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities. Support cost roll processes, bill of materials (BOM) reviews, standard cost updates, and cost-related investigations with operations and engineering teams. Perform month-end close activities including journal entries, accruals, overhead analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations. Monitor manufacturing costs and overhead spending while supporting accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting standards. Lead cost accounting process improvements and collaborate on cross-functional initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and cost accuracy. What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. Minimum of 3 years of accounting experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or product-based environment. Experience preparing and posting journal entries, reconciling accounts, and supporting month-end close processes. Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements, and financial statement preparation. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data, investigate variances, and solve complex business problems. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with SAP or other ERP systems is preferred. Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization. Self-directed, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities while delivering accurate results in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Additional Details Relocation Support: Yes Visa Sponsorship: No #LI-FG1 Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 48 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to If you need reasonable accommodation to complete the online application, or any other part of the employment process, please contact the Goodyear Candidate Care Line at View phone number on click.appcast.io. Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law. At Goodyear, we make life's connections easier every day. People around the world count on us to get them where they need to go, now and into the future. But our relentless pursuit of forward motion doesn't just keep the world moving. It shapes a workplace that celebrates our different talents, experiences, and culture. 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