Cost Accountant

CLEAN CONTROL CORPORATION • Warner Robins, GA

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About The Position

The Cost Accountant develops, maintains, and analyzes product and manufacturing costs to ensure accurate inventory valuation, cost of goods sold, and margin reporting. The position applies cost accounting principles and practices to production, inventory, and purchasing activities, providing leadership with reliable information for pricing, profitability, and operational decisions.

The role works closely with Accounting, Operations, Purchasing, Production Planning, Warehouse, and Executive Leadership to monitor manufacturing performance, identify cost drivers, and support continuous improvement. As the organization grows through acquisitions, the Cost Accountant supports standardizing costing practices across business units.

The position is primarily based in an office, with periodic exposure to the plant environment, including odor, noise, dust, heat, cold, or chemicals. The noise level is moderate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Three or more years of cost accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, and variance analysis.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and inventory modules.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and cost accounting principles.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to resolve problems at both strategic and functional levels.
• Ability to self-start, multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines with a high level of accuracy.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial personnel at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to read and interpret business periodicals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations, and to write reports and procedures.
• Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts such as percentages, ratios, proportions, and statistical inference to practical situations.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Nice To Haves

• CMA or CPA certification, or progress toward certification.
• Experience in chemical, consumer products, or food manufacturing.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Business Central and Power BI.
• Multi-site or multi-entity cost accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update standard costs for raw materials, packaging, labor, and overhead.
• Maintain bills of materials and routing cost accuracy in partnership with Operations and R&D.
• Perform annual and periodic standard cost updates and analyze their impact on inventory and margins.
• Calculate overhead and labor burden rates and allocate costs across products and business units.
• Prepare product cost estimates for new products, formulations, and customer pricing requests.
• Ensure accurate valuation of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory.
• Coordinate and reconcile physical inventory counts and cycle counts; investigate and resolve variances.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and prepare supporting schedules.
• Monitor and report slow-moving, excess, and obsolete inventory and recommend reserves.
• Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, yield, and overhead variances and explain root causes.
• Prepare monthly cost of goods sold, gross margin, and product/customer profitability reports.
• Develop cost-related KPIs and dashboards to support operational and executive decision-making.
• Provide balance sheet and P&L variance analysis related to inventory and manufacturing costs.
• Prepare cost-related journal entries, accruals, and reclasses during month-end close.
• Reconcile, analyze, and adjust assigned general ledger accounts in a timely manner.
• Maintain documentation supporting inventory and cost account balances.
• Assist with annual audits and budgeting and forecasting of manufacturing costs.
• Partner with Operations and Purchasing to identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities.
• Evaluate the financial impact of capital projects, process changes, and make-versus-buy decisions.
• Support ERP system cost configuration, data integrity, and reporting, including Microsoft Dynamics initiatives.
• Help standardize costing methods and internal controls across current and acquired business units.
• Complete special projects and financial analysis as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level