Senior Manufacturing Cost Analyst — Profitability & Variance

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC); Muskegon (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) seeks a Senior Financial Analyst focused on Manufacturing Cost Accounting to drive financial insight through standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory reporting.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering and Plant Leadership to identify cost drivers and profitability opportunities. The role emphasizes cost accounting, variance analysis, and forecasting, with responsibilities spanning monthly reporting, budgeting, and performance improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3+ years of manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operations finance experience.
• Experience with standard costing and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Experience analyzing labor, material, scrap, inventory, and overhead variances.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivots, lookups, large data analysis).
• Experience partnering with manufacturing or operations leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own standard cost accounting processes and support annual cost roll activities.
• Analyze manufacturing variances including labor, material, overhead, scrap, yield, absorption, and inventory variances.
• Prepare and explain daily, weekly, and monthly P&L variance reporting.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering teams to identify opportunities to improve yield, throughput, OEE, and profitability.
• Analyze inventory valuation, inventory reserves, and manufacturing cost performance.
• Develop financial models to evaluate operational improvement initiatives and cost reduction opportunities.
• Support monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and strategic planning processes.
• Prepare management reporting and present findings to plant and finance leadership.
• Investigate material cost, labor cost, and manufacturing overhead trends impacting plant performance.
• Support SOX compliance and internal controls related to inventory and cost accounting processes.
• Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations related to inventory and manufacturing accounting.
• Must be willing to work extra hours, when necessary, to ensure quality and timely deliverable of responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cost Accounting

Standard Costing

Manufacturing Variances

Inventory Accounting

Inventory Valuation

Absorption

Material Variance

Labor Variance

Overhead Variance

BOM

Cost Roll

Manufacturing Finance

Plant Finance

Operations Finance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

SyteLine/Infor

Job description

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) seeks a Senior Financial Analyst focused on Manufacturing Cost Accounting to drive financial insight through standard costing, variance analysis, and inventory reporting.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering and Plant Leadership to identify cost drivers and profitability opportunities. The role emphasizes cost accounting, variance analysis, and forecasting, with responsibilities spanning monthly reporting, budgeting, and performance improvement