Cost Accountant | Manufacturing

Purple Cow Recruiting; California; Sur place; USD 90 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Long-term disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan with company  |

Paid vacation

Paid sick time

Paid holidays

Résumé du poste

Purple Cow Recruiting is seeking a Cost Accountant for our manufacturing client in City of Industry, CA. This on-site, full-time role focuses on cost analysis, BOM maintenance, and manufacturing overhead management to improve profitability.

Responsibilities include month-end close support, variance analysis, and collaboration with Operations/Engineering to enhance costing accuracy. Domestic travel ~20% may be required. Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of cost accounting are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with standard costing and job costing required.
• Strong understanding of inventory and WIP accounting required.
• Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption required.
• Advanced Excel skills with pivot tables and lookups required.
• Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems required.
• Ability to travel domestically ~20% to company sites required.

Responsabilités

• Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
• Maintain and analyze BOMs, labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
• Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Support month-end close activities and financial reporting.
• Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and KPIs.

Connaissances

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Job costing

Inventory accounting

WIP accounting

ERP systems

Advanced Excel

Variance analysis

Overhead costing

Budgeting

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Outils

MS Excel

ERP systems

Description du poste

Cost Accountant | Manufacturing

City of Industry, CA | Full-Time | On-Site

MANUFACTURING COST ACCOUNTING

• Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
• Maintain and analyze bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
• Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.

INVENTORY & WIP

• Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation and manufacturing inventory activity.
• Analyze scrap and obsolete inventory.
• Review and support cycle-count adjustments.
• Support inventory audits and internal controls.

MONTH-END & FINANCIAL REPORTING

• Support month-end close activities.
• Prepare and support journal entries, account reconciliations, and accruals.
• Support manufacturing-related financial reporting.
• Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP & ANALYSIS

• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Support product-costing and pricing decisions.
• Analyze manufacturing performance and profitability.
• Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.

TRAVEL

• Approximately 20% domestic travel to company sites may be required.

BENEFITS

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field REQUIRED
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment REQUIRED
• Experience with standard costing and job costing REQUIRED
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and WIP accounting REQUIRED
• Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption REQUIRED

• Experience analyzing material, labor, freight, and overhead variances REQUIRED
• Experience supporting manufacturing month-end close REQUIRED
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis REQUIRED
• Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems REQUIRED
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 20% to company sites REQUIRED