Senior Cost Accountant — Manufacturing Cost Leader

CooperDouglas; California; On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Job summary

CooperDouglas, in Southeast Los Angeles County, is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to own standard costs, BOMs, and routings as products change. You will drive cost clarity across manufacturing plants and report to finance leadership.

You will analyze variances, run month-end closings, and support budget processes while partnering with plant leadership and operations to identify cost improvements. ERP proficiency and advanced Excel are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Standard cost experience, including labor and overhead allocations.
• Advanced Excel. You are comfortable pulling and working with large datasets.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and a real eye for detail.
• Experience working directly with plant and operations personnel, and comfort with manufacturing terminology.
• ERP experience.

Responsibilities

• Own standard costs, bills of materials and routings, and keep them accurate as products and processes change.
• Analyze labor, material and overhead variances, explain what is driving them and work with operations on corrective action.
• Run month-end and quarter-end inventory valuation and reconcile inventory accounts.
• Review purchase price variances, production order variances and scrap.
• Close out work orders weekly and keep production data clean.
• Prepare month-end journal entries and cost of goods sold analysis.
• Partner with plant leadership, supply chain, quality and R&D to understand cost drivers and the cost impact of formula and process changes.
• Build and distribute weekly production and inventory reporting.
• Support the annual budget and standard cost roll-ups.
• Identify cost savings and process improvements, maintain internal controls and support internal and external audits.

Skills

Cost accounting

Advanced Excel

ERP experience

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Job description

CooperDouglas, in Southeast Los Angeles County, is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to own standard costs, BOMs, and routings as products change. You will drive cost clarity across manufacturing plants and report to finance leadership.

You will analyze variances, run month-end closings, and support budget processes while partnering with plant leadership and operations to identify cost improvements. ERP proficiency and advanced Excel are essential.