Senior Cost Accountant: Drive Costing & Inventory Analytics

LHH; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

LHH is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant in Cincinnati to support cost accounting, inventory, budgeting, forecasting, and operational financial analysis across a multi‑location environment. The role partners with finance, procurement, supply chain, and operations to improve cost visibility and reporting accuracy.

This is a permanent/direct‑hire position paying $90K–$115K annually. The successful candidate will standardize methodologies, develop rates, and provide pricing analytics

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 7+ years of cost accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, GL accounting, income statement impacts, and cost accounting principles.
• Experience with overhead cost absorption and allocation.
• SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review expenses and cost transactions for accurate recording and allocation.
• Maintain and analyze standard costs for raw materials and finished goods.
• Support annual development of direct labor and overhead rates and monitor cost performance.
• Perform standard-to-actual variance analysis and investigate significant variances.
• Analyze purchase price variances and work with sourcing on forecasting and actions.
• Prepare recurring cost reports and metrics for inventory and operations.
• Reconcile monthly inventory and support inventory reserve calculations.
• Partner with teams to monitor KPIs and inventory procedures.
• Provide costing analytics to support pricing decisions, including freight costs.
• Collaborate on costing for new products and initiatives.
• Assist with BOM setup, maintenance, and data management.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, accruals, and analysis of results.
• Develop cost analyses to support supply chain and initiatives.
• Standardize cost accounting methodologies and reporting across locations.
• Complete additional cost accounting analyses and special projects as needed.

Skills

Cost accounting

Financial analysis

Excel

Office suite

Communication

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

LHH is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant in Cincinnati to support cost accounting, inventory, budgeting, forecasting, and operational financial analysis across a multi‑location environment. The role partners with finance, procurement, supply chain, and operations to improve cost visibility and reporting accuracy.

This is a permanent/direct‑hire position paying $90K–$115K annually. The successful candidate will standardize methodologies, develop rates, and provide pricing analytics