Senior Cost Accountant/Cost Accounting Manager

An established, fully integrated manufacturing organization is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant / Cost Accounting Manager to support its growing accounting and finance function. This is a highly visible, hands-on individual contributor role responsible for product costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing cost analysis, and month-end close activities.

The organization manages its operations in-house, including design, engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and shipping. This position will work closely with accounting leadership, plant operations, production, and purchasing to ensure accurate cost reporting, strengthen processes, and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.

This is an excellent opportunity for a manufacturing accounting professional who enjoys getting into the details, understanding how a business operates, and translating complex production data into meaningful financial insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Own month-end close activities related to inventory, cost of goods sold (COGS), and manufacturing costs.
• Maintain and analyze standard costs, actual production costs, labor, overhead allocations, and manufacturing variances.
• Develop, maintain, and update bills of materials (BOMs), product costs, and production cost rolls.
• Analyze inventory movements, work-in-process (WIP), raw materials, and finished goods to ensure accurate inventory valuation.
• Prepare actual-versus-budget analysis and financial reporting related to manufacturing costs, inventory, and profitability.
• Evaluate the financial impact of changes to product design, raw materials, production methods, and manufacturing processes.
• Monitor and analyze overhead and burden rates in partnership with Operations leadership.
• Lead periodic excess and obsolete inventory reviews and support inventory control initiatives.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of ERP data through coordination with production, inventory control, and work order processing teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost accounting processes, reporting, internal controls, and operational efficiencies.
• Support job and project cost accounting, new product costing, and financial analysis for business decisions.
• Partner cross-functionally with plant leadership, engineering, purchasing, and production to understand cost drivers and improve profitability.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on understanding of the full manufacturing lifecycle, including purchasing, materials, production, work orders, inventory, and finished goods.
• Demonstrated experience with inventory accounting, WIP, BOMs, standard costing, overhead allocation, labor costing, and manufacturing variances.
• Experience owning month-end close activities related to inventory and COGS.
• Experience with ERP systems and strong Excel
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships with both accounting and non-finance business partners.
• A degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred; equivalent hands-on manufacturing cost accounting experience will also be considered.

Work Environment & Benefits

• Free onsite parking.
• Four days onsite per week, with Fridays remote following an initial 90–120-day onsite training period.
• Flexible start times, generally between 6:00 AM and 9:00 AM.
• Alternative schedules, including four 10-hour days, may be considered.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability benefits.

Compensation: $110,000–$120,000 base salary, with flexibility up to $130,000 for candidates bringing particularly strong, directly relevant manufacturing cost accounting experience.