Cost Accountant

ElevonHR; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

401(k) retirement plan with company‑to

Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

Job summary

ElevonHR is seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant to manage manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis. The role partners with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and profitability.

Key responsibilities include maintaining standard and job costs, BOMs, labor rates, and overhead; analyzing variances and gross margins; reconciling inventory and WIP; and supporting budgeting, forecasting, and pricing decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in cost accounting, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of standard costing, job costing, bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Experience analyzing cost variances, gross margins, and manufacturing profitability.
• Familiarity with inventory valuation, work-in-process accounting, and GL reconciliations.
• Experience supporting month-end close, journal entries, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and product costing.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work collaboratively with Operations and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, BOMs, labor rates, and 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 closing activities, including 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 key performance indicators.
• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Cost accounting

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Collaboration with Ops & Eng

Job description

We are seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant to manage manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis. The successful candidate will work closely with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy, monitor manufacturing expenses, and support profitability and operational 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 closing activities, including 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 key performance indicators.

- Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements & Qualifications

- Experience in cost accounting, preferably within a manufacturing environment.

- Knowledge of standard costing, job costing, bills of materials, labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.

- Experience analyzing cost variances, gross margins, and manufacturing profitability.

- Familiarity with inventory valuation, work-in-process accounting, and general ledger reconciliations.

- Experience supporting month-end close, journal entries, accruals, and financial reporting.

- Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and product costing.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

- High attention to detail and accuracy.

- Ability to work collaboratively with Operations and Engineering teams.

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

- Company-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.

- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.

- Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.