Manufacturing Cost Accountant — Margin & Variance Expert

stafffinancialgroup; Cumming (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth opportunities within expanding

Cross-functional leadership exposure

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Staff Financial Group in Cumming, GA seeks a Cost Accountant – Manufacturing to support standard costing, COGS analysis, ERP-driven reporting, and inventory control within a manufacturing environment.

You will work cross-functionally with sales and operations to ensure accurate costing, margin analysis, and timely month-end close while driving process improvements and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing accounting or related capacity.
• Experience recording journal entries and reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing variances and cost analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing, maintaining, and analyzing standard costs.
• Partner with sales to provide cost data for pricing and quoting decisions.
• Improve costing processes through cross-functional collaboration.
• Prepare and distribute manufacturing reports including gross margin, yield, and aged inventory.
• Maintain monthly gross margin reporting.
• Prepare month-end journal entries (COGS, E&O, PPV, and other manufacturing accounts).
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations related to manufacturing accounts.
• Calculate and record quarterly labor and overhead capitalization.
• Perform monthly obsolescence analysis with Controller/CFO.
• Analyze COGS accounts monthly.

Skills

Manufacturing accounting

Cost analysis

Journal entries

Balance sheet reconciliations

Variance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Staff Financial Group in Cumming, GA seeks a Cost Accountant – Manufacturing to support standard costing, COGS analysis, ERP-driven reporting, and inventory control within a manufacturing environment.

You will work cross-functionally with sales and operations to ensure accurate costing, margin analysis, and timely month-end close while driving process improvements and cross-functional collaboration.