Cost Accountant

Atticus, LLC; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in chemical manufacturing is seeking a Cost Accountant to manage product costing and collaborate with Finance and Operations teams. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree, CPA preferred, and experience in manufacturing accounting. This role requires strong communication skills and attention to detail. Join a dynamic team dedicated to operational excellence and industry leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in cost accounting.
• Accounting/finance experience in a manufacturing organization.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate current/budget costing.
• Model monthly future-based cost models.
• Reconcile Other COGS and prepare related documentation.

Skills

Proactive communication

Organization

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

CPA

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations

Microsoft Office

Excel

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About Us

American-owned and independently operated, Atticus is driven by grassroots experience and an unwavering commitment to operational excellence, helping U.S. retail distributors and end-users get the most out of their input requirements. Our expanding portfolio of branded-generic pesticides is spread across two business segments: Agricultural and EcoCore markets. Atticus offers a broad portfolio of branded-generic fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. While the chemistry isn’t unique, the Atticus experience is. Privately held and personally financed, Atticus operates in a way that makes us nimble and accessible. We believe acting decisively requires not only adapting to change, but also deliberately creating it. Atticus is staffed with a team of skilled professionals with diverse experience and unique perspectives all assembled and aligned under one cultural framework.

Cost Accountant: Atticus LLC

About Us

American-owned and independently operated, Atticus is driven by grassroots experience and an unwavering commitment to operational excellence, helping U.S. retail distributors and end-users get the most out of their input requirements. Our expanding portfolio of branded-generic pesticides is spread across two business segments: Agricultural and EcoCore markets. Atticus offers a broad portfolio of branded-generic fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. While the chemistry isn’t unique, the Atticus experience is. Privately held and personally financed, Atticus operates in a way that makes us nimble and accessible. We believe acting decisively requires not only adapting to change, but also deliberately creating it. Atticus is staffed with a team of skilled professionals with diverse experience and unique perspectives all assembled and aligned under one cultural framework.

What you will do in this role

This position will work closely with the Finance, Commercial Coordination, and Operations teams and is responsible for Manufacturing product costing.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate current/budget costing in Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations.
• Model monthly future-based cost models for use in monthly financial projections and budgeting processes and large sales opportunities.
• Develop and analyze monthly cost communication to Leadership.
• Efficiently allocate costs and prepare related documentation.
• Reconcile Other COGS, freight and duty, revaluation and production variance accounts for month‐end close and complete any needed Journal Entries.
• Assist in tracking overhead cost for freight, fixed asset recovery, waste, and inventory write-offs.
• Report on major cost changes and summarize impacts.
• Model large project NPVs for evaluation.
• Assist with yearly audit.
• Periodic variance review and feedback for forecasting to drive process and system improvements.
• Communication with Commercial Coordination, Operations, and Customer Excellence.
  
  

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, CPA preferred
• Must have accounting / finance experience in a manufacturing organization with a minimum of 2 years experience in cost accounting.
• Intermediate level Microsoft Office skills, Advanced Excel skills
• Proactive communication (written and verbal) skills
• Strong initiative, organization, and extreme attention to detail
• Ability to react quickly to changing business needs
• Ability to work effectively across diverse and cross‐functional teams, under critical timelines while balancing the needs of internal and external customers
  
  

Why Atticus?

Atticus is serious about the success of this industry as well as the success of our team. We’re on a number of important task forces that support the industry and its workers, with the goal of ensuring good stewardship and safe use of products. We’re also working to advance the future of Agriculture and EcoCore markets by supporting organizations that shape tomorrow’s leaders. We value both what we deliver as an organization and what we do as individuals. And that value is told through our employee experience – what we call Atticus Freedom. It’s about extending the right tools, support and hospitality to our team. By investing in your skills and leadership development, your overall health and wellbeing, and your future, we empower our people – and Atticus as a whole, to achieve greater success.

Atticus, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Recruiting Agencies, Please Note

Atticus, LLC will not accept unsolicited assistance from recruiting/search agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by recruiting or search agencies to any employee at Atticus, LLC via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search/recruitment agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Atticus, LLC. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Atticus, LLC as a result of the referral or through other means.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Chemical Manufacturing

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