Senior Cost Accountant - Manufacturing

Velocity Restorations • Cantonment, FL

1d • $90,000 - $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Cost Accountant will build and own the cost accounting function in a low-volume, high-complexity, station-based custom manufacturing environment. The role establishes expected costs for each build, tracks actual costs against expectations, and provides leadership with visibility into build profitability. It partners with Engineering on bills of material (BOMs) and routers, Production on shop-floor workflow, and the Controller on margin and variance analysis.

The position is responsible for establishing standard costs, monitoring variances, improving processes, and advising leadership on cost-related decisions. It ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and connects production data from the inventory management system to the ERP and general ledger to support data-driven operational and strategic decisions. The successful candidate is expected to learn the business quickly and own the costing process end to end.

This is an onsite, full-time individual-contributor role reporting to the Controller, with no direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of cost accounting experience, including at least three years in a manufacturing, job-shop, or custom-build environment.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and owning standard (expected) costing, overhead absorption, and inventory valuation, including BOM/router validation and variance analysis; experience limited to reporting on a system built by someone else is not sufficient.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, including inventory costing, and financial reporting standards.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Hands-on experience with a manufacturing ERP, including BOM and router structures, work orders, labor capture, and standard cost setup and roll-up.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of labor, material, and overhead variances.
• Comfort working on the production floor and partnering directly with engineers, technicians, and production leadership.
• Self-directed and able to take full ownership of the costing process with limited oversight.
• Ability to adapt quickly, take accountability, and contribute to company-wide priorities as needed.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CMA.
• SQL or business intelligence (BI) tool experience.
• Experience in a low-volume, high-mix, or build-to-order industry such as automotive, specialty vehicles, marine, RV, aerospace, or heavy equipment.
• Activity-based costing or lean accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze fixed and variable costs to determine profit margins and operational performance.
• Build and maintain expected (standard) costs for each platform, trim, and option using Engineering BOMs and expected station hours at fully loaded labor rates; update costs as builds change.
• Partner with Engineering to validate BOMs and routers, including material, labor hours, work-center rates, and outside-processing costs; flag errors and recommend changes as designs evolve.
• Work with Production to understand build flow, work-order stages, and labor capture, and translate shop-floor activity into accurate cost records.
• Produce a cost close-out report for each completed build comparing actual and expected labor, parts, consumables, rework, and overhead, with variance drivers explained.
• Design and implement station-based overhead absorption using cost pools and rates based on practical capacity, replacing month-end overhead allocation.
• Own work-in-process (WIP) and finished-goods inventory valuation, month-end inventory entries, and under- or over-absorbed overhead.
• Own purchase price variance (PPV) reporting and track cost trends by commodity and major parts throughout the year.
• Build a cost-of-quality view linking quality-control findings, rework, scrap, and warranty claims to the station responsible.
• Identify trends and recommend cost-reduction strategies to improve profitability and minimize waste.
• Forecast cost-related changes, risks, and financial impacts for quarterly and annual planning.
• Perform account reconciliations and maintain accurate general ledger records.
• Publish a weekly station report covering hours worked versus standard, labor absorption, quality-control findings and correction hours, rework and scrap cost, and trainee coverage.
• Report contribution margin by build, platform, trim, and option; support pricing, option pricing, make-versus-buy, and capacity decisions.
• Collaborate with the VP of Manufacturing, station leads, Purchasing, and Finance to identify discrepancy root causes and implement corrective actions.
• Partner with the Controller on month-end close, margin and variance analysis, and cost-related reporting to ownership.
• Own and document the cost accounting process, tighten controls, and drive improvements proactively.
• Improve source data quality by working with Production on time capture, parts issuing, and hit and rework reason codes.
• Contribute across departmental boundaries as organizational demands arise, while supporting shop operations, safety standards, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability, and Aflac coverage available after 60 days.
• 401(k) with company match after 6 months, at the next enrollment period.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Company-sponsored events.
• Tool program.
• Merchandise discounts.
• Friendly team environment.

What This Job Offers

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