Financial Analyst – Cost Accounting

Rehlko•Milwaukee, WI

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Analyst – Cost Accounting supports product costing, financial analysis, and accounting control for the Engines business. You'll partner with Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Finance to drive cost transparency and operational decision-making across multiple manufacturing locations. Open to candidates across experience levels. This role is hybrid-eligible, with primary locations in Kohler, WI and Milwaukee, WI.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
0–5 years of experience in cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
Foundational knowledge of cost accounting, inventory accounting, or variance analysis (coursework or internship counts).
Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, basic financial modeling).
Familiarity with ERP systems; SAP exposure a plus.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and analyze standard costs using cross-functional inputs.
Review Bills of Material, routings, and material master data to ensure accurate product costs.
Create and maintain Accounting and Costing views in SAP for new and existing materials.
Load annual purchase standards, tariffs, freight, and surcharges across assigned plants.
Coordinate and execute annual standard cost runs (baseline, purchase, BOM change, activity rate).
Analyze cost changes and communicate impacts to Finance and Operations leadership.
Support monthly close activities including journal entries, SAP data extraction, and reconciliations.
Compile and distribute recurring reports covering inventory, productivity, and finished goods.
Prepare global inventory status, excess & obsolete, and in-transit inventory reports.
Resolve invoice posting issues and support quality/blocked inventory reporting.
Provide backup support across the finance team and assist with ad-hoc projects as assigned.