About This Role
This hands-on role in a growing manufacturing organization involves joining the finance team to support a high-volume production environment. The Cost Accountant will work closely with plant operations and manufacturing teams to analyze costs, investigate variances, and provide financial insight into production performance.
Responsibilities
- Analyze labor, material, production, and other cost variances
- Support plant costing and provide financial analysis and insights to manufacturing leadership
- Partner directly with production and operations teams to understand cost drivers and investigate variances
- Perform detailed SKU-level costing in a complex manufacturing environment
- Review production activity and changing labor/material inputs to identify trends and opportunities
- Support general ledger accounting and financial reporting activities
- Assist with standard costing and cost accounting processes
- Challenge assumptions and work collaboratively with plant teams to identify root causes and solutions
- Provide financial support for ongoing production and operational initiatives
- Potentially support finance activities for an additional manufacturing facility as the role develops
- Maintain accurate financial records and contribute to process improvements
Requirements
-s degree in Accounting or a related accounting discipline required
- 1+ years of General Ledger accounting experience
- Strong accounting foundation with experience beyond strictly Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable
- Strong Excel skills required, including experience with VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and other advanced analytical functions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working directly with manufacturing and operations teams
- Outgoing, confident personality with the ability to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and communicate effectively with plant personnel
- Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing production requirements
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; sponsorship is not available
Nice to have:
- Manufacturing or cost accounting experience strongly preferred
- Standard Cost experience highly desired
