Production Cost Analyst

Morgan Li LLC•Chicago Heights, IL

21d

About The Position

The Production Cost Analyst is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely closure of manufacturing jobs in Epicor Kinetic and providing detailed production and cost reporting to the Accounting team. This role acts as a key liaison between Production, Inventory, and Accounting, ensuring job costs, labor, material usage, and variances are properly captured and reconciled to support financial close and operational decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience).
2+ years of experience in Production Control, Manufacturing Analysis, or Cost Accounting.
Hands-on experience with Epicor Kinetic (job management, labor reporting, material transactions, job costing).
Strong understanding of manufacturing job costing, WIP, and inventory transactions.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).

Nice To Haves

Experience with manufacturing cost structures, inventory systems, and related financial processes is a plus.
Experience supporting month-end close in a manufacturing environment.
Familiarity with standard cost and/or actual cost manufacturing environments.
Experience creating Epicor BAQs, dashboards, or custom reports a plus.
Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Review, validate, and close manufacturing jobs in Epicor Kinetic in accordance with company policies and accounting requirements.
Ensure all labor, material issues, subcontract operations, and quantity completions are accurately reported prior to job closure.
Investigate and resolve open operations, unreported labor, material variances, and WIP discrepancies.
Coordinate with Production Supervisors and Shop Floor personnel to correct data errors and missing transactions.
Monitor job status, exceptions, and aging jobs to ensure timely completion and closure.
Ensure job costs (labor, material, burden, subcontract) are accurate and properly posted in Epicor Kinetic.
Analyze job cost variances (material, labor, burden) and provide explanations to Accounting and Operations.
Support month-end and year-end close by ensuring production jobs are closed or accurately reflected as WIP.
Prepare and distribute job cost, variance, and production reports for Accounting review.
Assist Accounting with reconciliation between Epicor job data, inventory, WIP, and the general ledger.
Develop and maintain standard and ad-hoc Epicor Kinetic reports related to job costs, production performance, and variances.
Analyze trends in production efficiency, scrap, rework, and cost overruns.
Provide clear, actionable data summaries to Accounting, Operations, and Management.
Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying data integrity issues and process gaps.
Act as a point of contact between Production Control and Accounting for job-related inquiries.
Support audits by providing documentation and explanations of job costs and production transactions.
Ensure compliance with internal controls, costing standards, and ERP best practices.
Assist with Epicor Kinetic testing, upgrades, and process improvements related to production and costing.

Benefits

Competitive rates
Comprehensive benefits package.
Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective the 1st of the month following hire date
10 paid Holidays
Paid PTO, based on years of service
401k Safe Harbor Plan
Health Savings Account
Company Paid Life insurance plan for $40K
Company Paid Short Term Disability insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Discount Program through Life Mart
Onsite Gym
Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
A supportive and collaborative work environment.