Cost Accountant

Aston Carter-posted 1 day ago
$48 - $53/Yr
Full-time • Mid Level
Onsite • Fort Lauderdale, FL
1,001-5,000 employees
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We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Financial Cost Accountant/Analyst to join our Plant Controlling team. This role is a critical business partner to plant management and operations teams, providing financial insights and support to drive efficiency, profitability, and informed decision-making. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in cost accounting, financial analysis within a manufacturing environment, and hands-on experience with SAP, particularly the CO (Controlling) and FI (Financial Accounting) modules.

  • Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations related to production costs.
  • Analyze and report on manufacturing variances such as material, labor, overhead, and purchase price.
  • Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials, packaging, and finished goods.
  • Assist in the annual standard cost roll-up process.
  • Prepare, analyze, and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly plant performance reports and KPIs.
  • Develop and maintain financial models to track and forecast plant performance, operational spending, and capital expenditures.
  • Provide clear, concise commentary on financial results, explaining deviations from budget, forecast, and prior periods.
  • Play a key role in the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes.
  • Collaborate with department heads to develop departmental budgets and spending forecasts.
  • Monitor spending against budget and work with managers to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
  • Participate in physical inventory counts and cycle count programs.
  • Analyze inventory levels, identify slow-moving or obsolete inventory, and ensure proper valuation and reserve calculations.
  • Support production ad-hoc issues related to inventory and reconcile inventory sub-ledgers to the general ledger.
  • Utilize SAP CO-PC, CO-PA, and FI modules for data extraction, analysis, and reporting.
  • Assist in maintaining master data integrity within SAP, including cost centers, profit centers, and material masters.
  • Act as a financial business partner to plant leadership, providing ad-hoc analysis and decision support.
  • Analyze the financial viability of capital expenditure requests, calculating ROI, payback period, and NPV.
  • Support internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in a financial analyst or cost accounting role within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
  • Proficient hands-on experience with SAP FI and CO modules.
  • Strong understanding of cost accounting principles, standard costing, and variance analysis.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, complex formulas, and data modeling.
  • Strong PowerPoint skills.
  • Experience with BW and Hyperion.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing processes and cost accounting principles.
  • Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or SAP Analytics Cloud is highly preferred.
  • Experience with automation tools such as VBA, Catalytic, Alteryx, Analysis for Office, Python is desirable.
  • Medical, dental & vision
  • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
  • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Health Spending Account (HSA)
  • Transportation benefits
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
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