Cost Accountant

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC is seeking a Cost Accountant in Warrendale, PA to focus on standard costs, inventory valuation, and product costing while partnering with Operations and other departments.

The role emphasizes ERP costing, month-end close, KPI development, and collaboration with Finance, Manufacturing, and Engineering to drive profitability and cost reduction in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in manufacturing.
• Strong costing, inventory, variances, and financial controls.
• Experience with SAP in manufacturing; SAP S/4HANA preferred.
• SAP GUI experience highly desirable.
• Advanced Excel skills, PivotTables, formulas, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with Finance, Operations, Plant, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, BOMs, routings, and product cost structures.
• Support new product costing, pricing, profitability analysis, and ERP costing.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, and production variances and identify root causes.
• Manage inventory valuation, reserves, reconciliations, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Develop and monitor manufacturing KPIs and provide financial analysis to Operations and Finance leadership.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and budget-to-actual analysis.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance on cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop financial models and analysis to support operational decisions, including sourcing, productivity, and capital investments.
• Track and report cost savings and provide meaningful financial insights to leadership.
• Prepare and maintain cost accounting reports, dashboards, and other analyses.
• Support ERP costing functionality, system enhancements, internal controls, and GAAP compliance.

Skills

Cost accounting

SAP

Excel

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP GUI

Job description

COST ACCOUNTANT

Warrendale, PA | $95,000–$110,000

Our client is a well-established manufacturing organization in the Warrendale area looking to add an experienced Cost Accountant to its finance team. This role will focus heavily on cost accounting, inventory, manufacturing variances, and product costing while partnering closely with Operations and other departments.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

• Established manufacturing organization with a strong presence in the Pittsburgh area
• Collaborative finance and operations environment
• Opportunity to work closely with plant and operational leadership
• Role offers the chance to directly impact profitability, efficiency, and cost reduction

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COST ACCOUNTANT

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, BOMs, routings, and product cost structures
• The Cost Accountant will support new product costing, pricing, profitability analysis, and ERP costing
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, and production variances and identify root causes
• Manage inventory valuation, reserves, reconciliations, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis
• Develop and monitor manufacturing KPIs and provide financial analysis to Operations and Finance leadership
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and budget-to-actual analysis
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance on cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives
• Develop financial models and analysis to support operational decisions, including sourcing, productivity, and capital investments
• The Cost Accountant will track and report cost savings and provide meaningful financial insights to leadership
• Prepare and maintain cost accounting reports, dashboards, and other financial analyses
• The Cost Accountant will support ERP costing functionality, system enhancements, internal controls, and GAAP compliance

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE COST ACCOUNTANT ROLE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, and financial controls
• Experience with SAP in a manufacturing environment; SAP S/4HANA preferred
• SAP GUI experience highly desirable
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, complex formulas, and data analysis
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively with Finance, Operations, Plant, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams