Senior Cost Accountant: ERP & Costing Leader

Jobgether; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ownership of cost accounting processes

Exposure to ERP implementation

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant based in the United States to lead cost accounting, inventory valuation, and manufacturing financial analysis. The role partners with Finance, Operations, Purchasing, and Supply Chain to translate data into actionable insights and drive ERP improvements.

You will enhance costing processes, strengthen internal controls, and support monthly and annual financial closes, budgets, and forecasting in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA or CMA certification preferred.
• At least 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP implementations or major ERP upgrades.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, and U.S. GAAP.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to analyze complex datasets.
• Experience with ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite).

Responsibilities

• Maintain, review, and enhance cost accounting methodologies for accurate product and manufacturing costs.
• Analyze COGS variances and trends including price and production volume.
• Prepare monthly cost accounting journal entries and reconciliations.
• Review inventory transactions for accuracy and policy compliance.
• Conduct margin and profitability analyses across products, customers, and business units.
• Support physical inventory activities and related processes.
• Lead ERP implementation or optimization initiatives and validate costing workflows.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs to monitor inventory and operational performance.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and operating plan activities.
• Assist audits with financial documentation and information requests.

Skills

Financial analysis

ERP collaboration

Advanced Excel

Data-driven decision making

Cross-functional partnership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or CMA certification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Infor

NetSuite

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant based in the United States to lead cost accounting, inventory valuation, and manufacturing financial analysis. The role partners with Finance, Operations, Purchasing, and Supply Chain to translate data into actionable insights and drive ERP improvements.

You will enhance costing processes, strengthen internal controls, and support monthly and annual financial closes, budgets, and forecasting in a fast-growing environment.