Senior Cost Accountant

Insight Global; Portland (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Portland, Tennessee is seeking a Cost Accountant in a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on learning the ERP, processing invoices, and building strong cross-department relationships.

You will own cost structuring, perform balance sheet reconciliations, and prepare weekly/monthly financial reports and KPI-based forecasts. The candidate should have a Bachelor’s in Accounting, 5+ years cost/accounting experience in manufacturing, and strong Excel skills (Pivot, VLOOKUP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
• 5+ years of accounting experience with emphasis on GL exposure, P&L, balance sheet.
• Manufacturing experience.
• 1+ year of cost accounting.
• Excel-heavy skills with pivots and VLOOKUP.
• Ability to interface with other departments and communicate clearly.
• On-site Monday-Friday.

Responsibilities

• Process invoices and distribute daily/recurring reports.
• Monitor the general ledger for discrepancies and perform balance sheet reconciliations.
• Lead forecasting processes based on KPIs and variance explanations.
• Own plant assets and inventory management.
• Prepare weekly/monthly financial reports and sales summaries.
• Track and report quality-related costs with monthly deduction/quality trackers.
• Coordinate cost updates for materials, labor, and overhead with Materials group.
• Provide monthly cost updates with variance analysis.

Skills

Cost accounting

Cross-department communication

Interfacing with departments

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Tools

Excel

Job description

Insight Global is hiring a Cost Accountant for a manufacturing client in Portland, Tennessee. During the first 30 days, the Cost Accountant will focus on learning the ERP system and building strong working relationships across departments within the facility. This role is responsible for processing invoices, distributing daily and recurring reports, monitoring the general ledger for discrepancies, and managing the forecasting process based on key performance indicators, including investigating and explaining unexpected variances. The Cost Accountant will have ownership of plant assets and inventory, complete balance sheet reconciliations, and prepare weekly and monthly financial reports, including sales summary reporting. The role also includes tracking and reporting quality-related costs by maintaining a monthly customer deduction and quality cost tracker. From a costing perspective, the Cost Accountant will partner closely with the materials group to ensure quarterly, biannual, and annual cost updates related to materials, labor, and overhead are accurately reflected in inventory. This individual will manage the overall cost structure and provide monthly cost updates with detailed variance analysis.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• 5+ Years of Accounting Experience (Role is very heavily cost based - need specific GL Exposure, P&L, balance sheet etc.)
• Manufacturing Experience
• 1+ year of cost accounting
• Excel Heavy - Pivots, V Lookup strong analytics
• Need to be able to interface well with other departments and communicate with
• Comfortable being fully onsite Monday-Friday