Senior Cost Accountant: Manufacturing & Inventory Expert

Federal Signal Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Signal Corporation in Houston, TX, seeks an experienced Cost Accountant to maintain standard costing systems, manage labor, material, and overhead rates, and monitor variances. This role partners with Operations and Finance to support accurate inventory valuations and cost control.

Key duties include monthly close, inventory reconciliation, and leading the annual standard cost roll, with collaboration across Finance, Operations, and Engineering to drive cost reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Minimum 3 years of cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with standard costing and inventory accounting.
• Experience with ERP systems such as JD Edwards and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costing systems.
• Calculate and update labor, material, and overhead rates.
• Monitor and analyze variances: labor, material usage, purchase price, production efficiency, and inventory.
• Perform monthly inventory valuation and reconciliation.
• Lead annual standard cost roll processes.

Skills

GAAP

Cost accounting

Inventory valuation

Standard costing

Excel

Pivot tables

VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Tools

JD Edwards

SAP

Job description

Federal Signal Corporation in Houston, TX, seeks an experienced Cost Accountant to maintain standard costing systems, manage labor, material, and overhead rates, and monitor variances. This role partners with Operations and Finance to support accurate inventory valuations and cost control.

Key duties include monthly close, inventory reconciliation, and leading the annual standard cost roll, with collaboration across Finance, Operations, and Engineering to drive cost reduction initiatives.