Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant

Location: On-site Burlington, NJ
Compensation: $80k –$100k base salary (depending on experience) + benefits

We are seeking a Cost Accountant to join a growing manufacturing organization. This role partners closely with operations, plant leadership, supply chain, and finance to drive accurate cost reporting, improve profitability, and support strategic business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials, labor, and overhead within the ERP system
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price, and production variances, providing actionable insights
• Support month-end and year-end close activities related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing accounts
• Monitor work-in-process (WIP), raw materials, finished goods valuation, and inventory reserves
• Participate in physical inventories and cycle counts, including reconciliations and reporting
• Prepare cost, margin, productivity, and operational performance reports
• Partner with operations, engineering, procurement, and supply chain to improve costing accuracy and identify cost-saving opportunities
• Assist with annual budgeting and forecasting for manufacturing costs, inventory, labor, and overhead
• Support ERP manufacturing process flows and collaborate with IT to improve production costing accuracy
• Develop new product costing, including bills of materials (BOMs) and manufacturing cost analysis
• Provide financial support for freight, warehousing, tariffs, and other operational cost areas
• Recommend process improvements to strengthen internal controls and reporting efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 2–5+ years of cost accounting experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong understanding of:
  • Standard costing
  • Manufacturing cost accounting
  • Work-in-process (WIP)
  • Inventory accounting
  • Overhead allocation
  • Bills of Materials (BOMs)
  • Routings
  • Production reporting
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with ERP systems; Acumatica and/or Netstock experience is a plus
• Knowledge of GAAP and internal controls
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• CMA or CPA designation is a plus

Preferred Keywords

• Cost Accounting
• Manufacturing Accounting
• Standard Costing
• Inventory Accounting
• ERP Systems
• Excel
• Variance Analysis
• WIP
• BOM
• Month-End Close
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• GAAP
• Manufacturing Finance

Work Environment

• On-site role within a manufacturing facility
• Close collaboration with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, engineering, and finance teams
• Periodic travel between manufacturing locations for physical inventory support and collaboration with corporate finance teams