Senior Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Cost Accountant to join the finance team in Plymouth, Minnesota. This position plays a key role in supporting the monthly close cycle, maintaining accurate inventory and product cost records, and delivering reporting that helps leaders make informed operational and financial decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong manufacturing cost accounting experience and can translate detailed financial data into clear business insights across multiple sites.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support month-end accounting activities tied to inventory, cost of goods sold, manufacturing variances, capital transactions, journal entries, and account reconciliations across multiple locations.

• Prepare monthly financial reporting and key performance indicators for finance leadership, site leaders, and operational stakeholders.

• Analyze inventory balances and valuation accuracy by completing reconciliations, reviewing reserve needs for slow-moving or obsolete items, and monitoring cycle count results.

• Partner with operations teams on forecasting, annual budgets, long-range planning, capital spending reviews, and initiatives focused on productivity and cost improvement.

• Examine labor, material, and overhead variances to identify performance drivers and recommend corrective actions where needed.

• Maintain accurate standard costs and product costing data by reviewing bills of materials, product structures, and related accounting inputs within enterprise systems.

• Build financial models and conduct analyses that support decisions such as make-versus-buy evaluations, manufacturing performance reviews, and capital investment requests.

• Participate in physical inventory activities and contribute to system-related enhancements, implementations, and process improvement efforts that strengthen inventory and costing controls.

• Demonstrated experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, and variance analysis.
• Ability to manage month-end close tasks, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and operational finance planning activities.
• Proficiency in analyzing labor, material, and overhead costs to identify trends and business impacts.
• Skilled in developing financial analyses and models that support operational and strategic decisions.
• Familiarity with inventory controls, cycle counts, physical inventory processes, and reserve analysis.