Senior Cost Accountant – Multi-Site Manufacturing

Brentwood Industries, Inc.; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with employer match

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

Brentwood Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to oversee cost accounting across multiple U.S. manufacturing locations, partnering with plant managers and corporate finance to ensure accurate costing and reporting.

This role emphasizes standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis to standardize processes and support consolidation. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, strong Excel skills, ERP proficiency (Infor Syteline a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or CMA preferred).
• 5+ years of progressive cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment; multi-site experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Proficiency with ERP systems (Infor Syteline a plus) and advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead standard costing processes (labor, material, and overhead) across multiple manufacturing facilities, ensuring consistency and accuracy in cost roll-ups.
• Assist with corporate-level cost accounting projects, including system implementations, policy development, and internal control enhancements.
• Analyze and report on manufacturing variances (purchase price, usage, labor efficiency, and overhead absorption) by location, identifying trends and root causes.
• Partner with plant-level finance and operations teams to review inventory valuation, cycle count results, and scrap/obsolescence reserves.
• Consolidate and analyze cost data across locations for corporate management reporting.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement through data analysis and cross-site benchmarking.
• Support external and internal audits by providing cost accounting documentation and analysis.
• Travel to manufacturing sites as needed to support cost accounting initiatives and process standardization.

Skills

Standard costing

Inventory accounting

Manufacturing variance analysis

Excel

ERP systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or CMA preferred)

Tools

Infor Syteline

Job description

Brentwood Industries, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to oversee cost accounting across multiple U.S. manufacturing locations, partnering with plant managers and corporate finance to ensure accurate costing and reporting.

This role emphasizes standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis to standardize processes and support consolidation. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, strong Excel skills, ERP proficiency (Infor Syteline a