Cost Accountant

Johnson Electric • Hamilton, ON

13d • Onsite

About The Position

As our next Cost Accountant, you will play a critical role in establishing, maintaining, and continuously improving standard costing and inventory valuation across Powder Metal Canada plants. You will serve as a key financial partner to Operations and Commercial teams, ensuring cost transparency, margin protection, and data integrity to support quoting, decision‑making, and cost‑reduction initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in manufacturing finance or cost accounting
• Strong background in standard costing and inventory accounting
• Experience working with ERP systems (CMS preferred)
• Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, data validation, and analytics
• Solid understanding of manufacturing operations and KPIs

Nice To Haves

• CPA / CMA designation preferred

Responsibilities

• Leading the setup, validation, and ongoing maintenance of standard costs in CMS
• Validating routing structures, machine rates, labor rates, and overhead absorption logic
• Reviewing scrap factors, OEE assumptions, and tooling amortization inputs
• Performing annual standard cost roll‑ups and periodic updates
• Ensuring consistent costing methodologies across plants
• Supporting physical inventory counts and reconciliation activities
• Analyzing and explaining variances between standard and actual costs
• Investigating and resolving inventory discrepancies
• Reducing risk of write‑offs and valuation inaccuracies
• Supporting audits related to costing and inventory controls
• Developing and maintaining quoting tools aligned with standard costs
• Building “should‑be” cost models using operational KPIs
• Supporting pricing and margin validation discussions
• Improving speed, accuracy, and integrity of new business quotations
• Translating OEE, scrap, labor efficiency, and throughput metrics into financial impact
• Supporting cost‑reduction initiatives with measurable financial validation
• Providing visibility to cost drivers at the operation and process level
• Identifying cost structure improvement opportunities
• Supporting automation, insourcing, and cost‑optimization initiatives
• Reducing financial risk through improved cost transparency and controls

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Opportunities for continuous learning and professional development through training programs and workshops
• Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

What This Job Offers

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