Manufacturing Cost Accountant — Drive Profitability

CFS; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CFS is seeking a Cost Accountant in Warrendale, PA to oversee standard costing, inventory valuation, and product-costing initiatives. You will partner with Operations and Finance to identify cost reductions and improve profitability, with a focus on ERP costing and month-end close processes.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance teams to drive continuous improvement and provide actionable financial insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, and financial controls.
• Experience with SAP in a manufacturing environment; SAP S/4HANA preferred.
• SAP GUI experience highly desirable.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, BOMs, routings, and product cost structures.
• Support new product costing, pricing, profitability analysis, and ERP costing.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, and production variances and identify root causes.
• Manage inventory valuation, reserves, reconciliations, cycle counts, and physical inventory processes.
• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Develop and monitor manufacturing KPIs and provide financial analysis to Operations and Finance leadership.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and budget-to-actual analysis.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance on cost reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop financial models and analysis to support operational decisions, including sourcing, productivity, and capital investments.
• The Cost Accountant will track and report cost savings and provide meaningful financial insights to leadership.
• Prepare and maintain cost accounting reports, dashboards, and other financial analyses.
• Support ERP costing functionality, system enhancements, internal controls, and GAAP compliance.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Analytical thinking

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP GUI

Excel PivotTables

Job description

CFS is seeking a Cost Accountant in Warrendale, PA to oversee standard costing, inventory valuation, and product-costing initiatives. You will partner with Operations and Finance to identify cost reductions and improve profitability, with a focus on ERP costing and month-end close processes.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance teams to drive continuous improvement and provide actionable financial insights.