Senior Cost Accountant, Manufacturing (SAP)

Central Garden & Pet Company; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

401k with company match

Paid vacation, holidays and sick time

Employee Assistance Program

Education Assistance

Referral Program with cash bonus

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Central Garden & Pet Company in Dallas, TX is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join the Finance team. Based at the Dallas plant, you will support manufacturing, inventory, and warehouse operations, maintaining standard product costs, cost estimates, and cost center reporting.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Procurement to provide actionable insights, perform period-end close, budgeting, and capital planning, and help strengthen internal controls and cost visibility across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field, with understanding of US GAAP.
• 4+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment using standard costing and production/work orders.
• Experience with an integrated ERP system; SAP experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and analysis of large data sets.
• Experience with business intelligence platforms and reporting tools a plus.
• Experience with inventory accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, financial close, planning, and internal controls preferred.
• Experience in an FDA/EPA-regulated or similarly controlled manufacturing environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain SAP costing data and support the development, maintenance, and analysis of accurate standard product costs.
• Perform and analyze product costing, production/work order close, manufacturing variances, labor and overhead absorption, purchase price variances (PPV), and other plant KPIs.
• Analyze and reconcile inventory, including physical inventories, cycle counts, adjustments, and related controls and documentation.
• Perform period-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, cost center reporting, spending analysis, and analytical reviews.
• Identify trends, investigate variances, and provide meaningful financial and operational insights.
• Partner with Plant Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, S&OP, and Finance teams to support business decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support ongoing planning activities for plant operating expenses and manufacturing costs.
• Provide cost accounting support to CLS plant locations as needed, including periodic travel.
• Support internal controls, SOX compliance, and internal and external audit requirements.
• Assist with Capital planning, trends and analysis.
• Assist with cost savings initiatives, project planning and tracking.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate cost accounting reporting and processes; perform other special projects as required.

Job description

Central Garden & Pet Company in Dallas, TX is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join the Finance team. Based at the Dallas plant, you will support manufacturing, inventory, and warehouse operations, maintaining standard product costs, cost estimates, and cost center reporting.

You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Procurement to provide actionable insights, perform period-end close, budgeting, and capital planning, and help strengthen internal controls and cost visibility across