Cost Accountant
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Job Description
This role is responsible for managing manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis while partnering with operations to improve profitability and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
- Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances and recommend improvements.
- Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
- Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.
- Support month-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
- Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
- Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
- Develop reports and dashboards to track costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
- Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits :
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
- Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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