Strategic Cost Accountant - Analyze Costs & Optimize Spend

Hood Packaging Corporation; Scotts (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation

Professional Development

Job summary

Hood Packaging Corporation is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant for our Monticello, AR Location. The role focuses on calculating and tracking operating costs, analyzing cost drivers, and supporting cost control initiatives.

Responsibilities include preparing variance reports, evaluating material and labor cost changes, and implementing cost accounting policies and procedures across the plant to ensure cost efficiency and accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience with cost accounting and cost analysis.
• Ability to analyze impact of design/material changes on costs.
• Skills in preparing variance reports and cost summaries.

Responsibilities

• Calculate and track operating costs (labor, materials, overhead, inventory).
• Analyze effects of product design changes on costs and productivity.
• Prepare ad-hoc summaries and variance reports.
• Implement cost accounting policies, systems, and procedures.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Cost reduction

Financial analysis

Job description

Hood Packaging Corporation is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant for our Monticello, AR Location. The role focuses on calculating and tracking operating costs, analyzing cost drivers, and supporting cost control initiatives.

Responsibilities include preparing variance reports, evaluating material and labor cost changes, and implementing cost accounting policies and procedures across the plant to ensure cost efficiency and accurate reporting.