Senior Cost Accountant

Kindeva Drug Delivery; St. Louis, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindeva Drug Delivery seeks a Senior Cost Accountant to support manufacturing operations through detailed financial analysis and strategic cost management. You will own standard cost build-ups, analyze variances, and lead inventory valuation and monthly close activities to improve financial performance.

Responsibilities include maintaining the cost environment, validating BOM integrity, and partnering with Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• 6+ years accounting experience.
• 5+ years manufacturing cost accounting experience.
• ERP experience (D365 preferred)
• Pharmaceutical or medical device experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel and cost modeling skills
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Detail-oriented with regulatory awareness.
• Ability to communicate financial drivers to operations leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Cost & Standard Cost Ownership: maintain standard cost build‑ups and the standard cost environment.
• Analyze PPV, material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap and yield variances.
• Review production order variances in D365 and support cost roll processes.
• Inventory Accounting: perform monthly inventory valuation and reconcile with GL.
• Participate in monthly close activities related to manufacturing costs.
• Prepare manufacturing accrual and inventory adjustment journal entries.
• Reconcile inventory subledger to General Ledger and analyze movements.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Detail-oriented

Cost modeling

ERP experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

D365 ERP

Excel

Job description

Posted Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Our Work Matters

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

The Impact You Will Make

The Senior Cost Accountant plays a critical role in supporting manufacturing operations through detailed financial analysis and strategic cost management. This position is responsible for evaluating manufacturing processes, identifying cost drivers, and delivering actionable insights to improve operational efficiency and financial performance.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Manufacturing Cost & Standard Cost Ownership

• Maintain and validate standard cost build-ups (API, device components, packaging).
• Own the design, integrity, and evolution of the standard cost environment, including labor, overhead, material, yields, routings, and absorption assumptions.
• Analyze PPV, material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, and yield variances.
• Review and investigate production order variances in D365.
• Support cost roll processes and BOM accuracy.
• Reconcile Raw Materials, WIP, and Finished Goods.
• Lead monthly inventory roll-forward and subledger to GL reconciliation.
• Support Audit cycle counts and annual physical inventory.
• Analyze slow-moving and obsolete inventory.
• Provide P&L variance commentary to leadership.
• Validate BOM integrity and routing cost accuracy.
• Troubleshoot costing discrepancies. Provide root cause analysis and corrective action recommendations
• Identify emerging risks and opportunities before they surface in financial results.
• Continuously evaluate and improve how production activity flows through the cost system.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain to ensure standards reflect current processes, capacity, and constraints.
• Proactively assess the financial impact of changes in volume, mix, utilization, rework, scrap, and yield performance.
• Partner with IT and Operations on system improvements

Inventory Accounting

• Perform monthly inventory valuation (raw materials, WIP, intermediates, finished goods).
• Ensure financial records align with batch records and regulatory documentation.
• Participate in monthly close activities related to manufacturing costs.
• Prepare manufacturing accrual and inventory adjustment journal entries.
• Reconcile inventory subledger to General Ledger
• Analyze inventory movements: transfers, reclassifications, scrap, consumption.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP, cGMP, and company policies.
• Partner with the Controller to support audits, controls, and financial governance.
• Build and maintain advanced financial models to support scenario analysis, decision ‑ making, and operational planning.
• Prepare Budget vs Actual cost bridges. (Reporting)
• Analyze labor efficiency, overhead absorption, spending trends, and margin drivers.
• Translate data into clear narratives that explain why results occur and what actions should be taken.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• 6+ years accounting experience.
• 5+ years manufacturing cost accounting experience.
• ERP experience (D365 preferred)
• Pharmaceutical or medical device experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel and cost modeling skills
• Strong analytical mindset.
• Detail-oriented with regularoty awareness.
• Ability to communicate financial driers to operations leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Kindeva Drug Delivery is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Job Family C - Finance & Accounting - Cost Accounting