Cost Accountant

Career Crunch; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick time

Paid holidays

Job summary

Career Crunch is seeking a cost accounting professional responsible for managing manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis. The role partners with operations to improve profitability and efficiency across standard costs, variances, and month-end processes.

Responsibilities include reconciliations, inventory valuation monitoring, budgeting support, and developing dashboards to track margins and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, BOMs, labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate variances in material, labor, freight, and overhead costs and recommend improvements.
• Reconcile inventory, WIP, and manufacturing-related GL accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.
• Support month-end close with journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
• Develop reports and dashboards to track costs, margins, and KPIs.
• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job description

This role is responsible for managing manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis while partnering with operations to improve profitability and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances and recommend improvements.
• Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
• Develop reports and dashboards to track costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays