Senior Manufacturing Cost Accountant (SAP Expert)

Accounting Search; Mars (PA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Accounting Search is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant with strong manufacturing cost experience and SAP proficiency to manage product costing, standard costs, and cost analyses. This role handles AP, AR, and GL tasks as part of daily finance operations.

The candidate will perform monthly cost analyses, variances, and absorption, support monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, and year-end data preparation.

Qualifications

• Strong cost accounting knowledge and GAAP compliance.
• Ability to analyze manufacturing costs, variances and absorption.
• Experience with budgeting and forecasting processes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining accurate Cost Accounting for products, inventory valuation and cost analyses. Setting standard costs for manufactured products.
• Monthly analysis of manufacturing costs, variances, and absorption.
• Daily processing of Accounts Payable invoices including GL account coding, reviewing for cost savings, and filing electronically.
• Daily processing of Sales invoices (electronic).
• Daily processing of AR cash collections/applications.
• Monthly GL account reconciliations for accruals, prepaids, bank accounts, etc.
• Assist in the monthly closing function including journal entry preparation.
• Assist in the budgeting and forecasting process.
• Assist in preparing data for year-end financial audit.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP knowledge

Budgeting & forecasting

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Accounting Search is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant with strong manufacturing cost experience and SAP proficiency to manage product costing, standard costs, and cost analyses. This role handles AP, AR, and GL tasks as part of daily finance operations.

The candidate will perform monthly cost analyses, variances, and absorption, support monthly close, budgeting, forecasting, and year-end data preparation.