Senior Manufacturing Cost Accountant (Hybrid)

RIM Recruitment Professionals; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

RIM Recruitment Professionals is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to support manufacturing operations in a hybrid role (2 days remote, 3 days in the office) in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri area.

The position emphasizes standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost modeling to drive profitability. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cost/mfg accounting, experience with ERP systems, and the ability to communicate cost drivers clearly to Finance and Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3+ years of cost accounting and manufacturing accounting experience.
• Hands‑on experience with standard costing, manufacturing variances, inventory valuation, and general ledger reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and validate standard costs for materials, components, labor, overhead, and packaging.
• Analyze manufacturing variances including purchase price, material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, and yield.
• Review production order variances and investigate costing discrepancies within the ERP system.
• Perform monthly inventory valuation for raw materials, WIP, intermediates, and finished goods.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the GL and lead monthly inventory roll‑forward activities.
• Prepare manufacturing accruals, inventory adjustments, and related journal entries.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support scenario analysis, planning, and decision making.
• Translate cost data into clear explanations of performance, risks, and improvement opportunities.

Skills

Cost accounting

Manufacturing accounting

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Communication of results

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

RIM Recruitment Professionals is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to support manufacturing operations in a hybrid role (2 days remote, 3 days in the office) in the Greater St. Louis, Missouri area.

The position emphasizes standard costing, inventory valuation, and cost modeling to drive profitability. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cost/mfg accounting, experience with ERP systems, and the ability to communicate cost drivers clearly to Finance and Operations.