Manufacturing Cost & Inventory Accountant #HDC1

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd is seeking a hands-on Senior Manufacturing Cost Controller to join our finance team in Singapore. The role focuses on cost accounting, inventory management, and financial analysis to maintain accurate product costs and support month-end close.

You will collaborate with production, warehouse, and finance stakeholders to monitor variances, update standard costs, and provide insightful reports for management review.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost accounting within manufacturing or related finance functions.
• Solid understanding of product costing and inventory accounting.
• Experience investigating manufacturing variances including work order and purchase price variances.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to detail.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams across finance, manufacturing, supply chain and warehouse operations.
• Proficiency in analyzing and interpreting financial and operational data using Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support cost accounting and inventory-related activities for Singapore manufacturing operations.
• Prepare and maintain product costing for new product introductions, transfers and costing changes.
• Assist with annual standard cost updates to keep costing data accurate and current.
• Review manufacturing work order variances and identify underlying causes for corrections.
• Analyse purchase price variances and coordinate resolution of discrepancies.
• Support scrap reporting and reclassification to reflect costs accurately.

Skills

Cost accounting

Manufacturing finance

Inventory accounting

Product costing

Variance analysis

Excel

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Strengthen Manufacturing Cost Control & Financial Accuracy

Join a dynamic manufacturing finance team in a hands-on role focused on cost accounting, inventory management and financial analysis. You’ll work closely with production, warehouse and finance stakeholders to maintain accurate product costs, monitor manufacturing variances and support month-end and year-end activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support cost accounting and inventory-related activities for Singapore manufacturing operations.

• Prepare and maintain product costing for new product introductions, product transfers and other costing changes.

• Assist with the annual standard cost update and ensure product costing data remains accurate and current.

• Review manufacturing work order variances, identify underlying causes and coordinate appropriate corrections.

• Analyse purchase price variances and work with relevant teams to investigate and resolve discrepancies.

• Support scrap reporting, review and reclassification to ensure costs are accurately reflected.

• Assist with month-end closing activities involving manufacturing costs, inventory and product costing.

• Prepare Excess & Obsolete (E&O) inventory analysis and provide supporting reports for management review.

• Work closely with warehouse teams on inventory control and the Cycle Count Programme.

• Participate in physical and cycle count activities, including reviewing and validating count documentation.

• Perform financial, costing and inventory analysis for ad hoc business requirements and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, warehouse and finance teams to improve cost accuracy and inventory controls.

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant experience in cost accounting, manufacturing finance, management accounting or a related finance function.

• Sound knowledge of product costing, inventory accounting and manufacturing cost processes.

• Practical experience investigating manufacturing variances, including work order and purchase price variances.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with excellent attention to detail.

• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams across finance, manufacturing, supply chain and warehouse operations.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel with the ability to analyse and interpret financial and operational data.

• Able to manage competing priorities and deliver accurately within month‑end and reporting deadlines.