Cost Accountant

Dollamur Sport Surfaces • Fort Worth, TX

10d

About The Position

The Cost Accountant owns the accuracy of Dollamur’s product costs. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and working closely with Operations, this role maintains standard costs in the ERP system, analyzes purchase price and manufacturing variances, and provides clear insight into product and product-line margins for Finance, Operations, and Sales. The Cost Accountant partners with production, supply chain, and engineering to ensure bills of material, routings, labor, and overhead rates reflect how products are actually made, supporting sound pricing and margin decisions.

Requirements

• ERP experience required.
• Three or more years of progressive cost accounting experience in a manufacturing industry, including direct responsibility for standard costing and variance analysis.
• Ability to trace variances to their root cause in purchasing, production, or ERP data and communicate findings clearly to non-financial audiences.
• High level of attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
• Curiosity and initiative to question existing processes and drive improvements in cost accounting workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Epicor ERP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain standard costs for raw materials, purchased components, labor, overhead, and finished goods in the ERP system; lead periodic standard cost rolls and interim updates for new or changed products.
• Develop and update labor and overhead rates and related absorption methodology based on budgeted volumes and actual spending.
• Validate bills of material and routings with Operations and Engineering; investigate and correct missing or inaccurate components, units of measure, conversion factors, and labor hours.
• Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, and other manufacturing variances; identify root causes and communicate findings and recommended actions to Finance and Operations.
• Ensure scrap, rework, and inventory adjustments are recorded accurately and consistently with company policy.
• Support month-end close by preparing cost-related journal entries, accruals, including received-not-invoiced, account reconciliations, and variance reporting.
• Provide standard cost, production volume, and margin inputs for the annual budget and forecasts.
• Identify and implement improvements in cost reporting, ERP data integrity, and automation to reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets.
• Assist with audit and review requests, internal control documentation, desk procedures, and standard operating procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed