Cost Accountant / Pricing Analyst / Profitability Analyst

HR Nurture; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Nurture is seeking a Cost Accountant / Pricing Analyst / Profitability Analyst to strengthen our pricing discipline and margin management. You will model costs, analyze standard and actual costs, and support commercial decisions with rigorous financial insight.

The role collaborates with Finance, Commercial, Sales, Procurement, and Operations to produce profitability reports, evaluate discounts and tenders, and identify cost-saving opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Professional accounting qualification or progress toward ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent.
• Experience in cost accounting, pricing analysis, financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, profitability analysis, or related role.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, cost allocation, standard costing, inventory valuation, gross margin, contribution margin, and variance analysis.
• Experience building and maintaining cost models, pricing models, profitability analyses, financial forecasts, and business-case assessments.
• Ability to analyse product, customer, channel, project, service, and operational profitability.
• Experience supporting pricing decisions, quotations, tender responses, discount governance, rebates, promotions, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, financial controls, and management-accounting processes.
• Proficiency in Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data modelling, and financial analysis tools.
• Experience using ERP, accounting, business-intelligence, pricing, or reporting systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent platforms.

Responsibilities

• Prepare cost models and review standard and actual costs.
• Analyse variances and support pricing proposals.
• Monitor margins and validate assumptions.
• Produce profitability reports.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, inventory valuation, cost allocation, commercial tenders, and new-product or customer-business cases.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities, pricing risks, margin leakage, and performance trends.
• Translate financial analysis into practical recommendations.
• Maintain data accuracy and reporting controls.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial judgement

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Accounting/Finance/Economics/Business/Mathematics/Supply Chain)

Professional accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA/CPA/CMA) or progress toward

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

The Cost Accountant / Pricing Analyst / Profitability Analyst analyzes cost structures, pricing performance, and profitability to support informed commercial and financial decisions. This role ensures that product, customer, service, project, and operational costs are accurately understood, reported, and used to improve margins, pricing discipline, and business performance.

The position works closely with Finance, Commercial, Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Product, and senior leadership teams. Responsibilities include preparing cost models, reviewing standard and actual costs, analysing variances, supporting pricing proposals, monitoring margins, validating assumptions, and producing profitability reports. The role may also support budgeting, forecasting, inventory valuation, cost allocation, commercial tenders, and new-product or customer-business cases.

The role identifies cost-saving opportunities, pricing risks, margin leakage, and performance trends, then translates financial analysis into practical recommendations. It maintains accurate data and reporting controls, supports month-end processes, improves financial models and reporting tools, and helps ensure that pricing and profitability decisions are aligned with the organisation’s strategic and commercial objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification or progress toward certification, such as ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent, is an advantage.
• Experience in cost accounting, pricing analysis, financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, profitability analysis, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, cost allocation, standard costing, inventory valuation, gross margin, contribution margin, and variance analysis.
• Experience building and maintaining cost models, pricing models, profitability analyses, financial forecasts, and business-case assessments.
• Ability to analyse product, customer, channel, project, service, and operational profitability.
• Experience supporting pricing decisions, quotations, tender responses, discount governance, rebates, promotions, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, month-end reporting, financial controls, and management-accounting processes.
• Proficiency in Excel, including advanced formulas, pivot tables, lookup functions, data modelling, and financial analysis tools.
• Experience using ERP, accounting, business-intelligence, pricing, or reporting systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent platforms.
• Ability to interpret large datasets, investigate financial variances, identify root causes, and develop clear recommendations.
• Understanding of procurement, supply-chain, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, or operational cost drivers is advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate financial records, assumptions, documentation, and audit-ready analysis.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain financial findings to non-finance audiences.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical thinking, problem-solving ability, and capacity to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.