Manufacturing Cost & Inventory Accountant (SAP)

CRH International; Colfax (NC); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan / group retirement savings

Disability benefits

Life insurance

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

CRH, via Oldcastle Infrastructure, seeks an Inventory & Cost Accountant for the Water Transmission business. This hands-on role ensures inventory accuracy across our plants and helps build an SAP-based cost framework in a continuous‑process manufacturing environment.

You’ll collaborate with plant operations, supply chain, and finance to own inventory accounting, variances, and cost data that drives margin visibility and decision-making, with travel to plant sites as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3+ years cost or inventory accounting in manufacturing.
• Experience with standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis under US GAAP.
• Hands-on SAP experience (CO-PC, MM, PP) or equivalent ERP.
• Advanced Excel; Power BI or HFM experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly inventory accounting for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods, including reconciliation of SAP inventory subledger to GL.
• Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle count programs; investigate variances and record adjustments.
• Prepare inventory reserve analyses, including excess/obsolete and LCO or NRV, to support balance sheet accuracy.
• Monitor inventory valuation, aging, turns; flag slow-moving inventory to operations and supply chain.
• Maintain standard costs in SAP, including BOMs, routings, and activity rates; support annual standard cost roll and inventory revaluation.
• Prepare monthly manufacturing variance analysis (purchase price, material usage, labor, overhead absorption, yield, scrap) and explain drivers.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Tools

SAP CO-PC

SAP MM

SAP PP

Power BI

Excel

HFM

Job description

CRH, via Oldcastle Infrastructure, seeks an Inventory & Cost Accountant for the Water Transmission business. This hands-on role ensures inventory accuracy across our plants and helps build an SAP-based cost framework in a continuous‑process manufacturing environment.

You’ll collaborate with plant operations, supply chain, and finance to own inventory accounting, variances, and cost data that drives margin visibility and decision-making, with travel to plant sites as required.