Global Manufacturing Cost Accountant – BOMs & Profitability

Arb Australia; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee product discounts

Superannuation benefits

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Job summary

ARB Australia in Kilsyth, Melbourne, seeks a Cost Accountant to ensure accurate product costing across global manufacturing and supply chain operations. You will partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to deliver cost insights that drive profitability.

Responsibility includes maintaining BOM structures, analysing variances, producing KPI reports and supporting ad-hoc cost queries, while contributing to continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of product costing, BOM structures and inventory valuation.
• Experience analysing manufacturing variances and production performance.
• Advanced Excel skills with data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and maintain product costs across locally manufactured, imported and sourced product ranges.
• Manufacturing production KPI reporting.
• Assistance in Plant reporting.
• Assisting the business with ad-hoc product cost queries.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing teams to review and optimise Bill of Materials (BOM) structures.
• Liaison with stakeholders to meet reporting deadlines.
• Monthly presentation of proposed changes and project status reporting.
• Other ad-hoc business improvement projects.

Skills

Cost accounting

Inventory valuation

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder engagement

Manufacturing accounting

Variance analysis

Education

CA/CPA qualification

Tools

JD Edwards (JDE)

Job description

ARB Australia in Kilsyth, Melbourne, seeks a Cost Accountant to ensure accurate product costing across global manufacturing and supply chain operations. You will partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to deliver cost insights that drive profitability.

Responsibility includes maintaining BOM structures, analysing variances, producing KPI reports and supporting ad-hoc cost queries, while contributing to continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration.