Cost Accountant - Manufacturing Margin Analyst

Procom; Willoughby (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Procom is seeking a Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst for a permanent onsite role at our client’s Willoughby, Ohio office. The position focuses on job costing, financial analysis, and reporting in a CNC machining and gear cutting shop environment.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, 2–5 years cost accounting in manufacturing, strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups), GAAP knowledge, and ERP experience with systems such as JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop,

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.
• ERP experience with JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop, Epicor, or Infor.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, cost models).
• Solid understanding of GAAP as applied to inventory and cost of sales.

Responsibilities

• Maintain job cost records for each work order, capturing material, direct labor, machine time, tooling, and outside processing
• Analyze actual vs. quoted/estimated costs at job close-out; report margin erosion and root causes
• Develop and maintain machine hour rates by work center, including depreciation, tooling, and overhead
• Support estimating/quoting with cost data and perform quote vs. actual analysis
• 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
• Monitor scrap, rework, and first-pass yield by job, machine, and operator; quantify cost impact

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP knowledge

Analytical skills

Shop floor communication

Attention to detail

Education

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

Tools

JobBOSS

E2/ProShop

Global Shop

Epicor

Infor

Excel

Job description

Procom is seeking a Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst for a permanent onsite role at our client’s Willoughby, Ohio office. The position focuses on job costing, financial analysis, and reporting in a CNC machining and gear cutting shop environment.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, 2–5 years cost accounting in manufacturing, strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups), GAAP knowledge, and ERP experience with systems such as JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop,