Senior Cost Accountant IV

Aleron; Leander (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Acara Solutions is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant in Leander, TX to lead cost and inventory functions within the accounting team. The role supports month-end close, budgeting, and decision-support analyses, partnering with FP&A and Engineering to assess cost drivers and BOM accuracy.

The position offers direct hire status with excellent benefits and a compensation range of $140,000–$150,000 per year, plus 40-hour weeks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• 5+ years of manufacturing or R&D accounting experience.
• CPA/MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage manufacturing cost accounting activities including month-end close, cost maintenance, overhead absorption, and inventory tracking.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to understand drivers and costs.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives and improve profitability through overhead/burden optimization.
• Coordinate with inventory control and internal audit to improve cycle counts and inventory accuracy.
• Support ERP system enhancements and ensure cost data integrity across manufacturing processes.

Skills

Cost accounting

Financial analysis

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Title: Senior Cost Accountant

Location: Leander, TX

Employment Type: Direct Hire (Excellent benefits including 25% stock options)

Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Compensation: $140K - $150K/year.

Schedule: 40 hours/week

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for all manufacturing cost accounting related activities: month end close, maintaining accurate costs, labor & overhead absorption, inventory management, freight and duty tracking and monitoring.


• Establish relationships with key stakeholders cross-functionally (Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering) to develop deep understanding of processes, business drivers, costs and revenue.


• Drive operational improvements and efficiencies on labor & overhead burden to improve business profitability.


• Work with inventory control team and internal audit team to monitor, track and improve the cycle count process and inventory accuracy.


• Perform variance analysis such as purchase price to cost variance, cost revaluation, invoice to PO price variances and work order variances.


• Ensure validity and accuracy of ERP through analysis, internal audit, and coordination with inventory control, production and work order processing.


• Own ERP process enhancements and continue to scale the system to meet new processes and requirements.


• Collaborate with the FP&A team to identify cost drivers and develop models as the basis for forward-looking plans and forecasts.


• Partner with FP&A and Engineering teams to ensure Bill of Materials accuracy including knowledge of cost reduction impact on financials.


• Ensure process integrity within Manufacturing, Intercompany, and Inventory while working with cross-functional peers to resolve process issues.


• Maintain phenomenal relationships with business partners and accounting peers to address information reporting needs.


• Prepare accounting schedules routinely and as requested for internal and external reporting requirements.


• Provide support to the monthly budget vs actual analysis.


• Support audit and internal controls compliance as requested.


• Protect the organization's value by maintaining confidentiality.


• Become a trusted advisor to your business partners.

About the Opportunity:

• The Senior Cost Accountant's primary responsibility is to help own and lead the cost and inventory functions within the accounting team.


• They will provide significant input into month end close and budget processes as well as supporting business decision-making and other accounting processes.


• They will organize and monitor inventory counting.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.


• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.


• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.


• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

• This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

• Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance.


• 5+ years of work experience in accounting in a manufacturing or R&D environment.

What Sets You Apart:

• Strong ability to build processes and implement process improvements including focus on change management.


• Ability to understand the manufacturing environment and the associated financial processes.


• Knowledge of supply chain, receiving, inventory flow, operations process and manufacturing principles.


• Ability to effectively analyze transactional level detail in an enterprise resource planning system and articulate the key findings to management.


• Strong business skills and effective understanding of financial, distribution and manufacturing systems.


• Excellent analytical abilities, problem-solving skills and business acumen.


• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.


• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.


• Excellent project and time management abilities.


• Ability to work under pressure within short time constraints and in a complex high growth organization.


• Ability to pivot and successfully adapt in a constantly changing environment.


• CPA/MBA.


• Public company experience.


• Supervisory experience.


• Financial reporting experience.

Additional Information

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.