Strategic Onsite Manufacturing Cost Accountant

Gentex Corporation; Holland, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gentex Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Cost Accountant to partner with Operations, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, and Finance. The role develops and maintains standard costs, labor rates, and overhead absorption, while analyzing variances and ensuring GAAP inventory costing compliance.

You will support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance reporting, evaluating labor utilization and capacity implications on product costs. Onsite in Holland, MI, with no remote work option.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing cost accounting experience.
• Experience in a standard-costing environment.
• Experience calculating labor and overhead rates.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and manufacturing variances.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update standard costs for manufactured products.
• Perform annual and interim standard cost rolls.
• Analyze impact of changes in labor standards, material costs, routings, and overhead methods.
• Support new product costing and profitability analysis.
• Support labor and overhead rate development and capacity impacts on product costs.
• Review routings and work center assumptions for margin impact.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Financial acumen

Technical expertise

Advanced Excel

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems (Oracle/SAP/JDE/QAD/Epicor)

Job description

Gentex Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Cost Accountant to partner with Operations, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, and Finance. The role develops and maintains standard costs, labor rates, and overhead absorption, while analyzing variances and ensuring GAAP inventory costing compliance.

You will support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly performance reporting, evaluating labor utilization and capacity implications on product costs. Onsite in Holland, MI, with no remote work option.