Cost Accountant: Manufacturing Cost Analyst & What-If

Winpak Ltd.; Georgia; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability coverage

Voluntary life insurance

Life and accidental death & dismemberr

Tuition assistance program

Employee and family assistance program

Job summary

Winpak Films in Senoia, Georgia is seeking a Cost Accountant to join the Finance team. You will oversee cost accounting processes supporting film production and conversion operations, analyze manufacturing costs, and develop cost models to inform pricing and strategic decisions.

Reporting to the Controller, you will collaborate with operations, sales, maintenance, and accounting to improve costing accuracy, manage fixed assets, and support month-end closes. This is a full-time, onsite role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, economics, finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of progressive financial or analytical experience, preferably in a manufacturing or logistics/distribution environment.
• Experience with an enterprise resource planning system and Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to analyze data, define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present information to employees and management.
• Self-motivated and organized, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively across departments.
• Ability to prepare routine reports and correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the standard costing system and recommend improvements to costing processes, systems, and practices.
• Analyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs, including material, labor, manufacturing, warehouse, and other expenses.
• Develop dynamic cost models and perform what-if analyses to evaluate the impact of changes in resin, scrap, labor, packaging, transportation, product structures, raw materials, and manufacturing methods.
• Review daily gross margin reports, investigate abnormalities, and provide cost and profitability insights to management.
• Partner with operations and other departments to identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, manage costs, and support competitive product pricing.
• Collect, analyze, and present cost results, recommendations, and improvement opportunities to upper management.
• Reconcile fixed asset activity to the general ledger and work with project management, operations, maintenance, and accounting to ensure capital assets are accurately recorded, classified, tagged, and tracked.
• Prepare fixed asset and depreciation reports and support month-end, quarter-end, year-end close activities, reporting, and audits.
• Observe quarterly maintenance spare parts inventory counts and complete ad hoc analyses and special projects as assigned.

Skills

Cost accounting

Manufacturing cost analysis

Data analysis

ERP systems

Excel

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, economics, or finance

Tools

ERP system

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Winpak Films in Senoia, Georgia is seeking a Cost Accountant to join the Finance team. You will oversee cost accounting processes supporting film production and conversion operations, analyze manufacturing costs, and develop cost models to inform pricing and strategic decisions.

Reporting to the Controller, you will collaborate with operations, sales, maintenance, and accounting to improve costing accuracy, manage fixed assets, and support month-end closes. This is a full-time, onsite role.