Senior Cost Accountant
About The Position
We are seeking a highly organized Senior Cost Accountant to join our Finance team. This position is a key business partner to the Site Finance Leader. This role will also have significant exposure to the Site Management Team. You will assist with the development of annual operating plans, product costings, variance analyses, and the preparation of monthly financial statements. Job Description: Lead cost modeling for manufacturing and repair services, ensuring accurate standard costing and margin analysis. Partner with operations and supply chain to identify cost drivers, optimize production costs, and support pricing strategies. Calculate and validate product costing for central data warehouse, present findings to site leadership and corporate teams. Analyze margin for customers and products and work with operations and other functions to improve profitability. Creating and reviewing the controls needed for cost data accumulation and Inventory & Cost of Sales reporting systems. Reporting on margins by product, Customer & SBU. Anticipating and reporting on monthly forecast vs. actual variances and their root causes. Analyzing capital budgeting requests. Tracking costs associated with New Product Development Initiatives. Provide guidance to the site leadership based on trends identified in the operational data.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance/Accounting
- 3+ years of cost accounting experience
- Previous experience with G/L, A/R, A/P, Data Entry
- Demonstrated Inventory variance analysis experience
- Strong administrative, accounting, and math skills.
- Strong Microsoft Skills: Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Word.
Nice To Haves
- EPICOR, full ERP systems experience is a plus.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment, aerospace industry preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead cost modeling for manufacturing and repair services, ensuring accurate standard costing and margin analysis.
- Partner with operations and supply chain to identify cost drivers, optimize production costs, and support pricing strategies.
- Calculate and validate product costing for central data warehouse, present findings to site leadership and corporate teams.
- Analyze margin for customers and products and work with operations and other functions to improve profitability.
- Creating and reviewing the controls needed for cost data accumulation and Inventory & Cost of Sales reporting systems.
- Reporting on margins by product, Customer & SBU.
- Anticipating and reporting on monthly forecast vs. actual variances and their root causes.
- Analyzing capital budgeting requests.
- Tracking costs associated with New Product Development Initiatives.
- Provide guidance to the site leadership based on trends identified in the operational data.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
