Cost Accountant

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Town of Mosinee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Great PTO

Holiday

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

401(K)

Other Excellent Benefits.

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is partnering with a premier manufacturing employer in Mosinee, Wisconsin to hire a Cost Accountant who will own cost analysis across labor, materials, and overhead and collaborate with engineering, estimating and sales. You will develop departmental KPIs and budgets, analyze actual vs standard costs, and support the transition to a Senior Cost Accountant role.

The role offers a structured progression path, ERP and financial systems training, and a

Qualifications

• Proven cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience analyzing labor, material, overhead, budgets, KPIs, and production variances.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze departmental KPIs, budgets, and financial performance, reporting findings to Department and Plant Managers.
• Analyze labor, material, and overhead costs across production lines, investigating variances and actual versus standard costs.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Estimating, and Quoting to improve cost accuracy, production standards, project margins, and profitability.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Budgeting

KPI analysis

Production costing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Salary: USD70000 - USD90000 per annum

Cost Accountant

Compensation and Benefits

• $70,000 - $90,000
• Bonus
• Great PTO
• Holiday
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401(K)
• Other Excellent Benefits.

Location

Mosinee, Wisconsin (Commutable from Kronenwetter, Rothschild, Schofield, Weston, Knowlton, Edgar, Stevens Point, Merrill, Wisconsin Rapids, Wausau)

Are you a Cost Accountant with strong manufacturing experience, looking for a role where you can take full ownership of cost analysis and a clear pathway to progress into a Senior Cost Accountant? This role gives you broad exposure across the manufacturing operation, working closely with the Manufacturing Controller and collaborating with Engineering, Estimating, Production, and Sales at a cutting edge, state-of-the art facility. Now is an excellent time to join an established manufacturing organization where you will receive industry-leading training on the company's ERP and financial systems, whilst receiving additional hands-on training on the shop floor to understand how production activity impacts financial results. In this high-impact role, your cost accounting expertise will prove crucial to analyzing labor, material, and overhead costs across multiple production lines. You will prepare departmental KPIs and budgets, analyze actual versus standard costs, and work closely with Estimating and Quoting to assess project costs and projected margins. This role would suit a Cost Accountant from a manufacturing background, looking for greater responsibility, broad operational exposure, and a defined progression path into a Senior Cost Accountant position.

The Role:

• Prepare and analyze departmental KPIs, budgets, and financial performance, reporting findings to Department and Plant Managers.
• Analyze labor, material, and overhead costs across production lines, investigating variances and actual versus standard costs.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Estimating, and Quoting to improve cost accuracy, production standards, project margins, and profitability.

The Candidate:

• Proven cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience analyzing labor, material, overhead, budgets, KPIs, and production variances.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Cost Accounting, Senior Cost Accountant, Manufacturing Accounting, Manufacturing Finance, Standard Costing, Actual vs Standard Cost, Variance Analysis, Cost Analysis, Labor Cost, Material Cost, Overhead, Budgeting, KPI Analysis, Financial Analysis, Production Costing, Cost Control, Profitability Analysis, Cost Estimating, Project Costing, Gross Margin, Inventory, Manufacturing Operations, ERP, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Financial Reporting, Production Data Analysis, Labor Efficiency, Scrap Analysis, Rework Analysis, Continuous Improvement, Engineering Collaboration, Estimating & Quoting, Accounting, Finance, Mosinee, Wisconsin