Cost Accountant

TriMark•Lewisville, TX

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Cost Accountant tracks, analyzes, and reports on project costs from quote through shipment for a custom manufacturer of engineered-to-order products. The role owns standard costs, job cost variance analysis, work-in-process (WIP), and inventory valuation, partnering closely with estimators, production, and shipping to protect margins. Responsibilities also include preparing monthly cost reporting and supporting month-end close, maintaining cost accounting processes and controls, providing financial analysis for operational decisions, and supporting audits and compliance with US GAAP. The position is located in Lewisville, Texas, is full-time, and is in office.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
3–5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment; job-shop, custom manufacturing, or make-to-order experience is preferred.
Working knowledge of standard costing, job/project costing, WIP accounting, variance analysis, and inventory valuation methods such as standard, weighted average, and FIFO.
Proficiency in an ERP used in discrete or make-to-order manufacturing, such as SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Infor, NetSuite, or comparable software.
Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP or INDEX-MATCH, SUMIFS, and financial modeling.
Solid understanding of US GAAP as applied to inventory and manufacturing.
Ability to successfully pass a background check after offer acceptance.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a custom or engineered-to-order manufacturing environment.
Exposure to project-based accounting on installed or delivered products.
CMA or CPA certification, or actively pursuing certification.
Familiarity with lean manufacturing or continuous improvement.
Working knowledge of BI/reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.
Ability to read engineering drawings and bills of materials well enough to have substantive discussions with estimators and production.

Responsibilities

Own project cost tracking for active jobs from released work order through final invoice.
Reconcile estimated and actual costs by job, including materials, components, hardware, subcontract services, freight-in, direct labor, and shop overhead.
Analyze margin performance by product family, customer, and channel; identify margin leakage.
Conduct quote-to-actual reviews with estimators after shipment and feed findings into standard costs and future bids.
Track and report change orders, scope adjustments, punch-list work, and warranty or rework costs by job.
Maintain standard costs for raw materials, components, hardware, and purchased parts, refreshing them as commodity pricing changes.
Calculate and explain monthly material price, material usage/yield, labor rate, labor efficiency, and overhead absorption variances.
Track scrap and yield by material type and work with production on yield improvement.
Support development of burdened labor and shop overhead rates by work center.
Own valuation of raw materials, WIP, and finished-goods inventory.
Oversee cycle counts and annual physical inventory, reconcile variances, and drive root-cause corrections.
Monitor aged WIP and escalate stalled projects or projects awaiting field data to operations.
Ensure proper cutoff for material receipts, subcontract services, and outbound freight.
Prepare monthly COGM and COGS reporting with variance commentary.
Post journal entries for inventory adjustments, WIP roll-forward, scrap, freight, and overhead absorption.
Reconcile inventory, WIP, and cost-related general ledger accounts.
Deliver KPI reporting on gross margin, labor and machine utilization, scrap, on-time-ship cost impact, and quote accuracy.
Serve as the finance contact for shop supervisors, project managers, estimators, and purchasing.
Support large or strategic project bid reviews and provide cost inputs for value engineering and material substitution decisions.
Contribute financial analysis to make-versus-buy decisions.
Provide costing input for capital expenditure requests.
Support internal and external audits, including inventory observation, cost testing, and WIP substantiation.
Ensure adherence to US GAAP for inventory, WIP, and revenue recognition on custom-manufactured goods.
Document cost accounting methodologies, standard cost roll procedures, and month-end standard operating procedures.