Costing Analyst — Manufacturing & Inventory

Element Six; Shannon; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Element Six, based at our Shannon production site, seeks a Cost Accountant to join the Global Costing Finance Team. You will manage standard costing, inventory valuations and variance reporting across HPHT and CVD operations, and lead budgeting and forecasting cycles.

You will collaborate with production, engineering and commercial teams, producing insightful analyses with Power BI and AI tools to support pricing, make‑or‑buy decisions and cost governance.

Qualifications

• This role requires a qualified accountant with post qualification costing experience.
• Proficiency with JD Edwards or similar ERP systems is preferred.
• Experience using Power BI and AI-enabled tools for analytics and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage standard costing processes including BOMs, routing times and work centre rates.
• Deliver accurate month‑end activities and reporting of manufacturing variances.
• Maintain costing data in ERP systems and perform cost roll‑ups and reconciliations.
• develop costing models, scenarios and sensitivity analyses for pricing and decisions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and long‑range planning for manufacturing operations.

Skills

Cost accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Data analysis

Power BI

Education

Qualified accountant

CMA preferred

Tools

JD Edwards

Power BI

Copilot / AI tools

Job description

Element Six, based at our Shannon production site, seeks a Cost Accountant to join the Global Costing Finance Team. You will manage standard costing, inventory valuations and variance reporting across HPHT and CVD operations, and lead budgeting and forecasting cycles.

You will collaborate with production, engineering and commercial teams, producing insightful analyses with Power BI and AI tools to support pricing, make‑or‑buy decisions and cost governance.