Strategic Manufacturing Cost Analyst

Confidential Recruiting Partners; California; Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

STD and LTD

Bonus opportunities

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Company-paid life and disability 보험

Zusammenfassung

Confidential Recruiting Partners is seeking a Cost Accountant to support manufacturing operations through cost analysis, inventory accounting, financial reporting, and process improvements. You will collaborate with Accounting, Operations, and Engineering to ensure accurate costing and informed decision-making.

Key responsibilities include analyzing variances, reconciling inventories, and supporting month-end close.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience reconciling inventory and manufacturing-related accounts.
• Experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 3 years of cost accounting experience in manufacturing.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, and data analysis.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, job costing, inventory accounting, WIP, variance analysis, and month-end close processes.

Aufgaben

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, BOMs, labor rates, and overhead.
• Review and investigate variances in material, labor, freight, and overhead.
• Reconcile inventory, WIP, and manufacturing-related GL accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation, cycle counts, excess/obsolete inventory, and accuracy.
• Support month-end close activities including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Analyze product margins, job profitability, and manufacturing performance metrics.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing analysis.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare financial reports and cost analyses for management decisions.
• Participate in inventory audits and internal control initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Cost accounting

Inventory reconciliation

ERP systems

Excel

Variance analysis

Month-end close

Product costing

Cost reporting

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Pivot Tables

XLOOKUP

Jobbeschreibung

Confidential Recruiting Partners is seeking a Cost Accountant to support manufacturing operations through cost analysis, inventory accounting, financial reporting, and process improvements. You will collaborate with Accounting, Operations, and Engineering to ensure accurate costing and informed decision-making.

Key responsibilities include analyzing variances, reconciling inventories, and supporting month-end close.