Cost Accountant

MDC Precision, LLC•Pflugerville, TX

6h•$85,000 - $90,000

About The Position

MDC Precision is seeking a Cost Accountant with 3–4 years of manufacturing experience to support inventory valuation, operational cost data analysis, standard costing, and margin analytics for high-precision vacuum components. Reporting to the CFO, you will deliver cost and profitability insights for management reporting, forecasting, and operational decision-making.

Requirements

3–4 years of cost accounting in manufacturing; high-precision/semiconductor equipment experience is a plus.
Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
Advanced Excel and manufacturing ERP experience (MS Dynamics is a plus or SAP, Oracle, Epicor).
GAAP, standard/product costing, inventory/WIP knowledge and management reporting fundamentals.
Strong quantitative skills to interpret operational cost data, trends, and drivers.
Ability to build clear analyses and recommendations from incomplete or evolving data.
Comfortable preparing management reports and presenting findings to cross-functional partners.
Proficiency with ERP and financial reporting tools; advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling).
High accuracy with large data sets and reconciliations in a manufacturing environment.
Self-starting.
Effective written and verbal communication; active listening and ability to influence.
Strong teamwork and partnering skills across FP&A, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Nice To Haves

high-precision/semiconductor equipment experience is a plus.
MS Dynamics is a plus or SAP, Oracle, Epicor.

Responsibilities

Operational cost analysis: Collect and analyze operational cost data (materials, labor, overhead, freight/shipping) to improve cost visibility and margin performance.
Cost standards: Set, maintain, and roll standard costs for manufactured goods; develop and analyze cost standards and key cost drivers. Determine cost center structure and cost center and DL rates. Determine variable and fixed cost and separate var/fix cost in product cost/rates.
Variance reporting: Analyze and explain PPV, labor, and overhead variances, capacity utilization; recommend actions to reduce cost and waste.
Reconciliations: Perform month-end inventory/WIP and cost account reconciliations; support cycle counts and inventory accuracy.
BOM & routers: Partner with Engineering to maintain BOMs/routers that support accurate product costing.
FP&A partnership: Provide margin and job-level profitability insights for management reporting; support forecast and annual planning inputs.
CVP & decision support: Perform cost-volume-profit (breakeven) and make-vs-buy analyses to support pricing, capacity, and sourcing decisions.
Capital expenditures: Support/validate/analyze manufacturing related CAPEX applications regarding payback.
Estimation/Order backlog review: Liase with Estimation team regarding sales related estimates and validate cost assessment (pre-calculation) in order backlog.