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Senior Cost Accountant

$95k - $115k

Creative Financial Staffing

Senior Cost Accountant

$95,000 to $115,000 per year plus bonus

Why This Senior Cost Accountant Opportunity Stands Out:

  • Join a newly established Advanced Manufacturing & Innovation Center being developed in their new Chicago office and play a key role in building the finance infrastructure from the beginning.
    • Work directly with senior leadership, including the GM, gaining exceptional visibility and influence.
    • The Senior Cost Accountant will be part of a state-of-the-art manufacturing environment focused on precision components, laser technology, and advanced production methods.
    • Opportunity to help define costing methodologies, ERP processes, and reporting frameworks as the operation scales.
    • The Senior Cost Accountant will have exposure to both manufacturing finance and operational leadership in a growing business.
    • Hybrid schedule with 3 days in-office and 2 days remote.
    • Initial onboarding in Hoffman Estates with a future move to a downtown Chicago location anticipated late Q1 or early Q2.
    • Opportunity for future leadership growth as the innovation center expands.
    • Broad responsibilities that provide hands-on experience across costing, inventory, production finance, and IFRS reporting.
    • Work within a collaborative environment alongside engineering, production, and executive leadership teams.
Key Responsibilities for the Senior Cost Accountant :
  • Lead manufacturing costing activities, including standard costing for precision components.
    • Analyze and explain production cost variances, inventory adjustments, reclassifications, and raw material fluctuations.
    • Partner with production and operations leadership to improve financial visibility and performance.
    • Support IFRS-based financial reporting requirements.
    • Assist in evaluating and implementing ERP solutions and manufacturing finance processes.
    • Collaborate with engineering teams on BOM structures and costing accuracy.
Qualifications for the Senior Cost Accountant:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
    • MBA preferred.
    • Manufacturing finance and cost accounting experience in a production environment with 5 years or more experience
    • Strong understanding of inventory, variance analysis, costing methodologies, and financial reporting.
    • Experience working with ERP systems and cross-functional manufacturing teams.
Reasons to work here as a Senior Cost Accountant:
  • Definite possibility to move up in the organization, e
  • Lots of projects and fast paced atmosphere
  • PTO: Unlimited/Flexible Plan
  • 6 sick days, available for use ASAP
  • 14 Observed Paid Holidays
  • Winter Break - 3 Mandatory PTO days
  • Medical - BCBS: PPO Plan, HDHP Plan, HMO
  • Dental - Delta Dental
  • Vision - VSP
  • Company pays approx. 80-85% of insurance costs.
  • We offer coverage for Domestic Partners.
  • We offer HSAs and FSAs for Medical and Dependent care.
  • Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) - Basic Plans 100% Company paid
  • Short & Long-Term Disability (STD & LTD) - 100% Company paid
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Travel Assistance
  • 401(K) - The Matching Contribution is equal to 100% of the first three (3) percent of your compensation you contribute to the Plan and 50% on the next two (2) percent of your compensation you contribute to the Plan.
  • COBRA

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