Senior Cost Accountant

Shape Technologies Group•Baxter Springs, KS

About The Position

The Senior Cost Accountant supports SHAPE Technologies’ Baxter Springs, Kansas facility, the company’s largest manufacturing operation. Reporting to the Controller, this role manages day-to-day cost accounting activities and partners with Operations and finance leadership to evaluate manufacturing performance, ensure accurate reporting, address variances, improve processes, and support the facility’s continued growth. The position supports production of ultrahigh-pressure pumps and spare parts for waterjet cutting systems, as well as McCartney and ETO business quoting. The role analyzes manufacturing costs and gross margins, maintains standard product costs and cost-accounting records, investigates work-order and labor-reporting issues, and performs recurring manufacturing and month-end reporting. It also supports inventory controls, cost updates, annual cost rolls, reconciliations, journal entries, and audit requests.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
At least 5 years of experience in a high-volume, multi-component manufacturing environment, managing complex bills of materials across thousands of SKUs.
Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing input costs, including materials, labor, overhead, and outside processing.
Solid understanding of integrated ERP systems in a standard-cost environment.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods.
Ability to move occasionally throughout office and manufacturing environments.
Ability to communicate effectively with employees at all organizational levels.
Ability to occasionally lift and carry office materials weighing up to 15 pounds.
Ability to view and analyze detailed financial data, reports, and computer screens.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
CPA.
CMA.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze manufacturing data with the Operations team to identify and drive improvements.
Analyze the cost effects of changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services; support McCartney and ETO business with accurate quotes.
Prepare, analyze, and report monthly gross margin by customer, part number, and production job.
Analyze manufacturing costs and compare standard costs with actual production costs.
Control and maintain the cost-accounting system, inputs, and records to ensure accurate standard product costs.
Research work-order and labor-reporting issues and work with supervisors to implement corrective actions.
Complete daily, weekly, and monthly manufacturing activity reporting.
Review daily production and price variances, identify discrepancies, and make adjustments as needed.
Update costs promptly and accurately for new products and ECR change notices.
Perform month-end processes and journal entries, including balancing perpetual inventory to the general ledger, reconciliations, management reports, and audit support.
Verify income statement and balance sheet entries.
Maintain obsolete inventory calculations and conduct disposal programs.
Update material, labor, overhead, and material burden rates, and conduct the annual cost roll.
Provide other accounting support as needed.