Senior Cost Accountant

Just Ingredients Inc.; Orem (UT); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance

401K with company matching

4 weeks PTO

Employee discounts

Fast-paced environment

Health & wellness mission

Job summary

Just Ingredients Inc. is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to own the true cost picture from raw ingredients through a shipped order, including variances and cost-plus pricing with co-manufacturers. This role reports to Finance and collaborates across Production, Procurement, and Finance.

You will manage BOMs, analyze costs, support budgeting and forecasting, and maintain NetSuite cost systems, delivering actionable insights to leadership as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5-7 years cost accounting in CPG, manufacturing, or e-commerce.
• Experience with cost-plus pricing in a co-manufacturing setting.
• BOM management across raw materials, assembly, and toll blending.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and NetSuite proficiency.
• Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
• Ability to explain complex data to non-financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own product costing end-to-end including raw materials and toll blending costs.
• Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) across products.
• Analyze costs across ingredients, production, labor, and fulfillment.
• Prepare cost reports for leadership with actionable insights.
• Review cost-plus pricing from co-manufacturers.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Monitor inventory valuation and COGS reporting including freight costs.
• Maintain NetSuite cost accounting systems and drive process improvements.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP

NetSuite

Advanced Excel

Analytical mindset

Communication to non-financial

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA/CMA preferred

Tools

NetSuite

Excel

Job description

Department: Finance

Location: Hybrid, Orem, Utah

Exempt: Yes

Salary: $75,000–$90,000, based on experience

Who We Are

At Just Ingredients – a health and wellness e-commerce company – we believe that nourishing your body with real ingredients is essential for living a healthy and fulfilling life. That's why our products are made using carefully selected, whole-food ingredients. And our people are just as real as our ingredients – authentic, collaborative, and dedicated to fostering a workplace that inspires individuals and teams to reach their full potential.

What We Are Looking For

We're looking for a detail-oriented Senior Cost Accountant who actually enjoys getting into the weeds of product cost – ingredient costs, formulation changes, fulfillment and freight, all of it. You'll own the true cost picture behind our products, from raw ingredients through a shipped order, and turn that into reporting our leadership team can actually use to make decisions. You should be comfortable evaluating cost-plus pricing from our co-manufacturing partners – not just accepting the numbers they send, but understanding what's actually driving them. This isn't a role where you run one report and move on – you'll be digging into variances, flagging what's off, and helping us get sharper on margin as we scale. If you like clean numbers, hate unexplained variances, and want real visibility into how a fast-growing CPG brand actually makes money, this is your kind of role.

What You’ll Do

Product Costing & Bill of Materials (BOM) Management

• Own and manage product costing end-to-end, including raw materials, assembly, and toll blending costs.
• Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) for our products, ensuring accurate and timely costs are reflected across the product line.
• Keep BOMs current as formulations, suppliers, assembly steps, or toll blending arrangements change, so cost data never falls out of sync with what we’re actually producing.

Cost Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze ingredients, production, labor, and fulfillment costs to ensure accurate cost allocation across our product lines.
• Prepare detailed, easy-to-use cost reports for leadership, translating the numbers into insights they can act on.
• Partner with Product Development on costing for new formulations and SKUs before launch.
• Review and validate cost-plus pricing from co-manufacturing partners, ensuring pricing structures are accurate, fair, and properly reflected in our cost of goods.

Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support the budgeting and forecasting process with accurate cost data, trend analysis, and margin projections.
• Identify cost trends early and flag them before they become a problem in the P&L.

Inventory & COGS Management

• Monitor and reconcile inventory records, ensuring accuracy in costing and valuation across raw ingredients, work-in-process, and finished goods.
• Own the accuracy of cost of goods sold (COGS) reporting, including freight and fulfillment costs specific to our e-commerce model.

Cost System Maintenance & Process Improvement

• Maintain and improve our cost accounting systems and processes in NetSuite, ensuring they scale as the business grows.
• Identify opportunities to streamline cost accounting workflows and reduce manual work through better system use.

Variance Analysis

• Conduct variance analysis between actual and budgeted costs, digging into the "why" behind the numbers, not just reporting the gap.
• Provide management with clear, actionable recommendations based on variance findings.

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports related to cost accounting, in compliance with GAAP.
• Support internal and external audits with accurate, well-organized cost documentation.
• Ensure cost accounting practices align with internal controls and company policy.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Production, Procurement, and Finance to keep cost strategy aligned with company goals.
• Communicate cost and margin findings clearly to non-financial stakeholders across the business.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• 401K with company matching
• 4 weeks accrued PTO
• Employee discounts
• Fast-paced environment
• Purposeful mission for health and wellness

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or CMA preferred but not required.
• 5-7 years of cost accounting experience, ideally in CPG, manufacturing, or e-commerce.
• Experience with cost-plus pricing models in a co-manufacturing environment – you know how to evaluate and validate a co-manufacturer's cost-plus structure, not just take it at face value.
• Hands-on experience creating and managing Bills of Materials (BOMs), including product costing across raw materials, assembly, and toll blending operations.
• Strong working knowledge of cost accounting principles and GAAP.
• Proficiency in NetSuite and advanced Excel skills.
• An analytical mindset with genuine attention to detail – you catch what others miss.
• Ability to explain complex cost and financial data clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Comfortable working independently and collaborating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.