Cost Accounting Manager

Randstad Canada; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Canada's client, a leader in the manufacturing sector in Mississauga, is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to oversee standard costing, BOMs, and margin improvements. The role collaborates with local plant leadership on cost initiatives and reports to remote corporate leadership.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in standard costing within manufacturing and hands-on ERP experience, particularly Microsoft Dynamics, to drive initiatives on the shop floor and for special projects.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of dedicated standard costing experience within manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with ERP platforms (Microsoft Dynamics).
• Ability to drive plant-floor initiatives and report results to remote leadership.

Responsibilities

• Re-engineer and maintain standard costs, labor/overhead absorption rates, and BOMs across a high-volume, multi-shift plant environment.
• Investigate purchase price, usage, scrap, and labor variances; partner with production supervisors to translate floor metrics into margin improvements.
• Serve as the primary cost accounting SME during special projects.
• Lead month-end inventory reconciliations, resolve costing discrepancies, and oversee physical inventory counts.

Skills

Standard costing

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Plant-floor collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Our client, a leader in the manufacturing industry, is looking for a Cost Accounting Manager. Reporting to the Controller, you will serve as the financial co-pilot to local plant leadership while acting as the functional finance lead for high-priority projects.

Responsibilities:

• Re-engineer and maintain standard costs, labor/overhead absorption rates, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) across a high-volume, multi-shift plant environment.
• Investigate purchase price, usage, scrap, and labor variances; partner directly with production supervisors to translate floor metrics into margin improvements.
• Serve as the primary cost accounting SME during special projects.
• Lead month-end inventory reconciliations, resolve historical costing discrepancies across sales and operations, and oversee physical inventory counts.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of dedicated standard costing experience within manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with mid-to-tier-1 ERP platforms i.e. Microsoft Dynamics.
• Ability to independently drive initiatives on the plant floor while effectively reporting results to remote corporate leadership.