Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst

GearTec, Inc.; Willoughby, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GearTec, Inc. in Willoughby, OH seeks a cost accountant to own job costing from quote to close in a CNC gear shop environment. You will analyze actual vs estimated costs, maintain machine hour rates, and support margins on each job.

Responsibilities include maintaining WIP, performing month-end close, assisting with costing for quotes, and collaborating with operations to drive cost reductions. Requires GAAP knowledge, ERP experience, and advanced Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 2–5 years of cost accounting experience in a job shop, machine shop, or manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of job costing, machine hour rate development, and WIP accounting.
• Familiarity with routings, work orders, and shop floor data collection (labor/machine time reporting).
• ERP experience with job shop systems (e.g., JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop, Epicor, Infor, or similar).
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, cost models).
• Solid understanding of GAAP as applied to inventory and cost of sales.
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification a plus.
• Ability to walk the shop floor and communicate effectively with machinists and supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain job cost records for each work order, capturing material, direct labor, machine time, tooling, and outside processing (heat treat, plating, grinding, gear inspection).
• Analyze actual vs. quoted/estimated costs at job close-out; report margin erosion and root causes (setup overruns, cycle time variances, scrap, rework).
• Develop and maintain machine hour rates by work center (CNC lathes, mills, hobbing, shaping, gear grinding) including depreciation, tooling, and overhead.
• Support estimating/quoting with cost data on setup times, run times, material yield, and outside service costs; perform quote vs. actual analysis to improve future quoting accuracy.
• Track and analyze setup vs. run time by job and machine; identify low-margin part numbers and customers.
• Reconcile WIP by job and perform monthly WIP valuation, including percent-complete assessment on long-running jobs.
• Monitor scrap, rework, and first-pass yield by job, machine, and operator; quantify cost impact.
• Track perishable tooling costs (inserts, hobs, cutters, grinding wheels) and allocate to jobs/work centers.
• Cost and reconcile raw material (bar stock, forgings, castings).
• Analyze capital requests for new machines (ROI, payback, capacity impact on machine rates).
• Support month-end close: WIP-to-finished goods transfers, COGS, inventory reserves (slow-moving, obsolete), and job cost journal entries.
• Assist with physical inventory and cycle counts of raw material, WIP, tooling, and finished goods.
• Partner with operations and purchasing on cost reduction and pricing decisions.
• Provide backup & support to Division Controller on critical job functions (Banking, payroll, financial close, KPI & Scorecard reporting, special projects & initiatives as assigned)

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP

Communication

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

JobBOSS

E2/ProShop

Global Shop

Epicor

Infor

Job description

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Full Time Willoughby, OH, US

6 days ago Requisition ID: 1453

Job Summary

Responsible for job costing, financial analysis, and reporting in a CNC machining and gear cutting job shop environment. This role owns job-level cost tracking from quote to close — analyzing actual vs. estimated costs on machined and gear-cut parts, maintaining machine and labor rates, and partnering with and shop floor leadership to protect margins on every job.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain job cost records for each work order, capturing material, direct labor, machine time, tooling, and outside processing (heat treat, plating, grinding, gear inspection)
• Analyze actual vs. quoted/estimated costs at job close-out; report margin erosion and root causes (setup overruns, cycle time variances, scrap, rework)
• Develop and maintain machine hour rates by work center (CNC lathes, mills, hobbing, shaping, gear grinding) including depreciation, tooling, and overhead
• Support estimating/quoting with cost data on setup times, run times, material yield, and outside service costs; perform quote vs. actual analysis to improve future quoting accuracy
• Track and analyze setup vs. run time by job and machine; identify low-margin part numbers and customers
• Reconcile WIP by job and perform monthly WIP valuation, including percent-complete assessment on long-running jobs
• Monitor scrap, rework, and first-pass yield by job, machine, and operator; quantify cost impact
• Track perishable tooling costs (inserts, hobs, cutters, grinding wheels) and allocate to jobs/work centers
• Cost and reconcile raw material (bar stock, forgings, castings)
• Analyze capital requests for new machines (ROI, payback, capacity impact on machine rates)
• Support month-end close: WIP-to-finished goods transfers, COGS, inventory reserves (slow-moving, obsolete), and job cost journal entries
• Assist with physical inventory and cycle counts of raw material, WIP, tooling, and finished goods
• Partner with operations and purchasing on cost reduction and pricing decisions
• Provide backup & support to Division Controller on critical job functions (Banking, payroll, financial close, KPI & Scorecard reporting, special projects & initiatives as assigned)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 2–5 years of cost accounting experience in a job shop, machine shop, or manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of job costing, machine hour rate development, and WIP accounting
• Familiarity with routings, work orders, and shop floor data collection (labor/machine time reporting)
• ERP experience with job shop systems (e.g., JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop, Epicor, Infor, or similar)
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, cost models)
• Solid understanding of GAAP as applied to inventory and cost of sales
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification a plus
• Ability to walk the shop floor and communicate effectively with machinists and supervisors

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to gear manufacturing processes (hobbing, shaping, gear grinding, heat treatment) and their cost drivers
• Experience supporting quoting/estimating in a make-to-order environment