Senior Cost Accountant

Top Echelon LLC; Mars (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon LLC is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant in Pennsylvania to apply GAAP-compliant cost accounting and provide accurate product cost information for management decisions. The role covers standard costing, variances, and monthly closures within a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities include daily AP/AR/GL tasks, cost analyses, budgeting support, and assisting year-end audits. The ideal candidate has manufacturing costing experience and SAP proficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong cost accounting knowledge with GAAP.
• Experience in standard costing and variance analysis.
• Manufacturing environment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate cost accounting for products and inventory; set standard costs.
• Monthly manufacturing cost analyses, variances, and absorption.
• Process daily AP invoices with cost coding; manage GL reconciliations.
• Process daily sales invoices and AR cash receipts.
• Assist monthly closing, budgeting and year-end data preparation.
• Support audit processes and related duties as assigned.

Skills

Cost accounting

SAP

Manufacturing cost

Tools

SAP

Job description

Senior Cost Accountant-

Must have Manufacturing cost + SAP

We are seeking a Senior Cost Accountant who will be responsible for applying strong cost accounting knowledge in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles to keep company management informed with accurate product cost information used in decision making. Additional
responsibilities include routine Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger functions and analyses performed on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis.
The ideal candidate will be able to successfully perform a variety of accounting functions while specializing in cost accounting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for maintaining accurate Cost Accounting for products, inventory valuation and cost analyses. Setting standard costs for manufactured products.
• Monthly analysis of manufacturing costs, variances, and absorption.
• Daily processing of Accounts Payable invoices including GL account coding, reviewing for cost savings, and filing electronically.
• Daily processing of Sales invoices (electronic).
• Daily processing of AR cash collections/applications.
• Monthly GL account reconciliations for accruals, prepaids, bank accounts, etc.
• Assist in the monthly closing function including journal entry preparation.
• Assist in the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Assist in preparing data for year-end financial audit.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.