Manufacturing Cost Analyst - Drive Margin & Efficiency

KC Elite Staffing LLC; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life and AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

KC Elite Staffing LLC is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Cost Accountant to manage manufacturing costs, inventory accounting, financial reporting, and cost analysis to boost efficiency and profitability. The ideal candidate will work closely with manufacturing and operations teams to drive improvements.

The role requires a detail-oriented, analytical professional comfortable collaborating with accounting, operations, and engineering teams, with responsibilities spanning month-end close,

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing cost accounting and inventory accounting practices.
• Familiarity with standard costing, cost variance analysis, and financial reporting.
• Understanding of inventory reconciliation, WIP, and general ledger accounting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with accounting, operations, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, BOMs, labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Reconcile inventory, WIP, and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.
• Support month-end closing activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
• Develop financial reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Cost accounting

Inventory accounting

Standard costing

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Inventory reconciliation

WIP accounting

GL accounting

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

KC Elite Staffing LLC is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Cost Accountant to manage manufacturing costs, inventory accounting, financial reporting, and cost analysis to boost efficiency and profitability. The ideal candidate will work closely with manufacturing and operations teams to drive improvements.

The role requires a detail-oriented, analytical professional comfortable collaborating with accounting, operations, and engineering teams, with responsibilities spanning month-end close,