Senior Cost Accountant – Epicor Kinetic & Manufacturing Ops

Therm-X, California; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Therm-x of California is seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant with hands-on Epicor Kinetic standard costing experience to drive accuracy in product costing, inventory valuation and variance analysis across multiple sites.

The role partners with Operations, Production Planning, Supply Chain, and external stakeholders to maintain cost sets, perform roll-ups, and support month-end close. Strong IFRS/GAAP knowledge is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• CPA, CMA, or CPA candidate preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with Epicor Kinetic standard costing modules.
• Strong working knowledge of standard costing, variance analysis, BOM/routing structures, and overhead absorption.
• Experience with month-end close, inventory reconciliation, and COGS reporting in a multi-site/multi-entity manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update standard costs for raw materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead in Epicor Kinetic.
• Perform annual and periodic standard cost roll-ups and revisions to reflect changes in material pricing, labor rates, and overhead allocation.
• Collaborate with Purchasing to validate material standard costs against vendor quotes and purchase orders.
• Work with Engineering and Production to validate Bills of Materials and routings that drive cost calculations in Epicor Kinetic.
• Monitor and update labor and machine rates within the Epicor Kinetic Resource Groups and Work Centers.
• Analyze and investigate purchase price variances, material usage variances, labor efficiency variances, and overhead absorption variances on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Prepare detailed variance reports explaining root causes and trends, and present findings to Finance leadership and Operations management.
• Monitor WIP balances and reconcile job costing transactions within Epicor Kinetic to ensure accurate job close-outs.
• Identify unfavorable cost trends and partner with Operations to implement corrective actions.
• Perform lot-level and job-level cost analysis to support continuous improvement initiatives
• Coordinate and support physical inventory counts and cycle counts; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Review and maintain inventory cost groups, cost methods, and part cost records in Epicor Kinetic.
• Ensure proper accounting for inventory adjustments, scrap, and obsolescence in compliance with IFRS and company’s policy.
• Monitor and review landed cost entries for imported materials.
• Execute all cost accounting month-end close activities, including posting of WIP, inventory adjustments, overhead allocations, and variance transfers to the GL.
• Prepare and post journal entries related to manufacturing costs, inventory, and cost of goods sold (COGS).
• Reconcile inventory sub-ledger to General Ledger on a regular basis and investigate and resolve any discrepancies.
• Prepare cost-related balance sheet reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of open items.
• Support the year-end audit process by providing cost accounting schedules, reconciliations, and analysis to external auditors.
• Serve as a functional expert and key user for cost-related modules in Epicor Kinetic including Part Costs, Job Costing, Cost Adjustment, Standard Cost Update, and Cost of Sales.
• Configure and maintain cost sets, cost groups, and rollup codes within Epicor Kinetic.
• Collaborate with IT and the Epicor system administrator to troubleshoot system issues and implement configuration improvements related to costing.
• Develop and maintain BAQ reports and dashboards in Epicor Kinetic to support cost monitoring and analysis.
• Participate in Epicor Kinetic upgrades, patches, and testing from a cost accounting perspective.
• Train operations and finance staff on cost-related processes and Epicor Kinetic functionality.
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process by providing standard cost assumptions, overhead rate calculations, and absorption projections.
• Assist in product profitability analysis by customer, product line, and market segment.
• Provide cost input for new product development and engineering change orders by modeling the cost impact of proposed BOMs and routings.
• Conduct make-vs-buy analysis and support capital expenditure justifications with cost modeling.
• Prepare ad hoc cost analysis and financial modeling as requested by management.
• Compliance & Internal Controls
• Ensure cost accounting policies and procedures are aligned to Parent Company, documented, maintained, and consistently applied.
• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate cost records and explanations.
• Maintain compliance with IFRS & GAAP inventory and cost accounting standards.
• Identify and implement process improvements to strengthen internal controls over inventory and costing.

Skills

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Variance analysis

Epicor Kinetic

BOM & routing

IFRS/GAAP

Financial reporting

WIP reconciliation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

CPA/CMA preferred

Tools

Epicor Kinetic

Job description

Therm-x of California is seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant with hands-on Epicor Kinetic standard costing experience to drive accuracy in product costing, inventory valuation and variance analysis across multiple sites.

The role partners with Operations, Production Planning, Supply Chain, and external stakeholders to maintain cost sets, perform roll-ups, and support month-end close. Strong IFRS/GAAP knowledge is required.