Cost Accountant – Manufacturing Standard & Job Costing
About The Position
MaxIT Consulting – Max Corporate Group is seeking a Cost Accountant to join an electrical and electronics manufacturing company in City of Industry, California. This is a hands-on, on-site role responsible for end-to-end manufacturing cost accounting, including standard and job costing, inventory controls, variance analysis, and month-end close. The role works closely with Operations and Engineering and contributes to profitability, efficiency, inventory valuation, product costing, and monthly financial results. The Cost Accountant maintains accurate standard costs and bills of materials, investigates cost variances, and translates financial results into insights for margins, pricing, and manufacturing efficiency. The position is a direct-hire, permanent, full-time role. The employer states a start date of as soon as possible and offers limited relocation assistance. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer. Applicants are asked to submit an updated resume, expected gross annual salary, and availability to start.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of standard costing, job costing, inventory accounting, overhead absorption, variance analysis, and month-end close.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
- Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems.
- Legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
- Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances and recommend improvements.
- Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
- Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.
- Support month-end close through journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
- Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
- Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
- Develop reports and dashboards to track costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
- Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.
- Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
- Limited relocation assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
