Cost Accountant Manager: Drive Plant Cost Insights

Palm Harbor Homes; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cavco is seeking a Cost Accountant Manager to support plant operations with transactional accounting, data analysis, and cost optimization initiatives. The role requires independence in executing processes, analyzing data, solving problems, and delivering recommendations.

Essential duties include providing detailed cost information, studying costs of material, inventory, and labor, and delivering reports to management showing cost drivers and profitability.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required; bachelor’s preferred.
• 4 years directly related accounting experience.
• Medium level of Excel proficiency.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Organizational skills and ability to interact with all management levels.

Responsibilities

• Provides detailed cost information not supplied by general accounting systems, applying cost accounting principles.
• Plans study and gathers data to determine costs of business activity (raw materials, inventory, labor).
• Analyzes data and documents results.
• Analyzes changes in product design, raw materials, and manufacturing methods to determine cost effects.
• Analyzes actual manufacturing costs and prepares reports comparing standard costs to actual costs.
• Provides management with reports on factors affecting prices and profitability.
• Assists General Manager with other support duties as required.

Skills

Cost accounting

Analytical thinking

Deadline pressure

Strategic thinking

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Excel

Costing software

Job description

Cavco is seeking a Cost Accountant Manager to support plant operations with transactional accounting, data analysis, and cost optimization initiatives. The role requires independence in executing processes, analyzing data, solving problems, and delivering recommendations.

Essential duties include providing detailed cost information, studying costs of material, inventory, and labor, and delivering reports to management showing cost drivers and profitability.