Cost Accountant | Manufacturing

Purple Cow Recruiting•City of Industry, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Heartline Staffing is recruiting an experienced Cost Accountant for a full-time, on-site manufacturing opportunity in the City of Industry, California area. This hands-on role is responsible for cost analysis, inventory controls, financial reporting, and manufacturing accounting processes. The Cost Accountant works closely with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy, manufacturing efficiency, and profitability. Approximately 20% domestic travel to company sites may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience with standard costing and job costing.
Strong understanding of inventory accounting and WIP accounting.
Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption.
Experience analyzing material, labor, freight, and overhead variances.
Experience supporting manufacturing month-end close.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems.
Ability to travel domestically approximately 20% to company sites.

Responsibilities

Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
Maintain and analyze bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.
Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
Monitor inventory valuation and manufacturing inventory activity.
Analyze scrap and obsolete inventory.
Review and support cycle-count adjustments.
Support inventory audits and internal controls.
Support month-end close activities.
Prepare and support journal entries, account reconciliations, and accruals.
Support manufacturing-related financial reporting.
Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
Support product-costing and pricing decisions.
Analyze manufacturing performance and profitability.
Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.