Job Description
We are looking for a Cost Accounting Analyst to support accounting and finance activities with a strong emphasis on manufacturing costs, inventory accuracy, and financial insight. This position contributes to cost analysis, month-end close, and planning processes while partnering with cross-functional teams to improve visibility into operational performance.
Responsibilities:
• Analyze inventory balances, standard costs, labor absorption, overhead application, and production variances to help maintain accurate manufacturing cost records.
• Reconcile inventory-related accounts, investigate discrepancies, and support reserve calculations and other period-end inventory adjustments.
• Participate in cycle count and physical inventory activities by researching count differences and helping resolve issues affecting inventory accuracy.
• Partner with operations, purchasing, and supply chain teams to identify the root cause of costing and inventory issues and support timely resolution.
• Evaluate manufacturing and operational results, highlighting unusual trends in cost, usage, labor, and overhead performance.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial analyses for leadership, including comparisons to budget, forecast, prior periods, and other performance benchmarks.
• Contribute to annual budget development and ongoing forecast updates by compiling data, building schedules, and assisting with planning analysis.
• Support the monthly close process through journal entry preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, variance review, and maintenance of audit-ready documentation.
• Assist with profitability and performance analysis across products, customers, channels, margins, rebates, allowances, and working capital measures.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing or distribution environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of standard costing, inventory valuation, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Experience supporting general ledger activity, account reconciliations, and month-end close procedures.
• Background in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis for operational or business performance review.
• Proficiency with ERP platforms.
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