Senior Cost Accountant - SAP & Analytics for Profitability

Fresenius Kabi USA; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K with company contribution

Wellness program

Job summary

Fresenius Kabi USA is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to analyze and maintain product costs, inventory valuation, and manufacturing financial performance. You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance leadership to provide insights that drive profitability and cost reduction, while ensuring accurate standard costing in SAP.

The role requires strong costing expertise, GAAP knowledge, and the ability to develop KPIs and financial models to support budgeting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting.
• Five plus (5+) years cost accounting experience in a manufacturing facility is preferred.
• Experience using SAP GUI (not Fiori) in a manufacturing environment. (S/4HANA preferred)
• Working knowledge of standard costing, financial inventory controls and GAAP are required.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills (Functions, Pivot Tables, Complex Formulas, etc)
• Must be able to communicate, both written and verbal with all levels of plant management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, BOMs, routings, and product cost structures.
• Perform annual and periodic standard cost updates.
• Support new product costing, profitability analysis, and pricing decisions. Ensure accurate product cost valuation within SAP S/4HANA systems.
• Analyze labor, material, overhead, scrap, yield, and production variances.
• Investigate root causes of manufacturing inefficiencies and provide recommendations for corrective action.
• Develop and monitor key manufacturing KPIs.
• Present cost performance results to Finance and Operations leadership.
• Monitor inventory valuation and reserve calculations.
• Support cycle count programs and physical inventories.
• Analyze inventory accuracy and identify inventory-related risks and opportunities.
• Reconcile inventory balances and resolve discrepancies.
• Support monthly close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
• Assist with annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range planning. Perform budget-to-actual analysis and explain significant variances.
• Develop financial models to support operational and strategic initiatives.
• Track and report realized savings from cost reduction programs.
• Develop cost reporting and financial dashboards. Support SAP costing and other financial systems enhancements.
• Improve reporting automation and data accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and GAAP requirements.

Skills

Cost accounting

Excel

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in accounting

Tools

SAP GUI (S/4HANA)

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

Fresenius Kabi USA is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to analyze and maintain product costs, inventory valuation, and manufacturing financial performance. You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance leadership to provide insights that drive profitability and cost reduction, while ensuring accurate standard costing in SAP.

The role requires strong costing expertise, GAAP knowledge, and the ability to develop KPIs and financial models to support budgeting,