Cost Accountant Bilingual (Maquiladoras Manufacturing experience)

TACNA Services; Mexicali; On-site; MXN 520,000 - 740,000; Full time

Job summary

TACNA Services, Inc. seeks an experienced Finance professional to lead cost accounting and standard costing for our manufacturing operations.

You will collaborate with plant management to ensure accurate product costing and support the accounting close, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision making. The role requires a solid background in general accounting, proficiency in cost management, and fluency in English and Spanish.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing cost accounting or maquiladora environments.
• Strong background in cost accounting, standard costing, inventory valuation, COGS, budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis.
• Proficiency with advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with manufacturing ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, Odoo).
• Bilingual in English and Spanish (spoken and written).
• Willingness to travel regularly between Mexicali and Anaheim; visa/passport required.

Responsibilities

• Perform cost accounting and standard costing for manufacturing operations.
• Analyze variances and support Operations with financial insights.
• Manage inventory accounting, valuation, and controls.
• Oversee accounting close, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Evaluate capital investments and perform business analyses.
• Support plant start-ups, production transfers, and internal controls/compliance.
• Coordinate audits and drive continuous improvement across site finance.

Skills

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Inventory valuation

COGS analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Margin analysis

Excel

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

Tools

SAP ERP

Oracle ERP

JD Edwards

Odoo

Job description

This Finance position is directly involved in cost accounting and collaborates with plant management to ensure reliable product costing, while supporting the accounting close process, budgeting, forecasting, and operational decision-making.

A solid background in general accounting is required to provide support to the accounting team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Cost accounting and standard costing;
• Analysis of manufacturing variances and support for Operations
• Inventory accounting, valuation, and control;
• Accounting close, financial reporting, and planning;
• Capital investments and business analysis;
• Plant start-ups, production transfers,
• Internal controls, compliance, and audits; and the coordination of activities and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in both English and Spanish (spoken and written),
• Ability to travel regularly between Mexicali and Anaheim. VISA, PASSPORT
• Proven experience in standard costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing variances, cost of goods sold (COGS), budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes, bills of materials, routings, work centers, production orders, overhead allocation, labor rates, and machine rates.
• At least 5 years of experience in manufacturing, maquiladoras cost accounting, inventory accounting, or plant finance, including direct experience with general accounting and month-end closing processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, with a solid foundation in accounting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with Odoo, SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, or a comparable manufacturing ERP.