Senior Cost Accountant

Olive June

11d

About The Position

The Senior Cost Accountant leads cost accounting, inventory accounting, and manufacturing financial analysis while driving continuous process improvement. The role partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and financial reporting. The successful candidate brings experience implementing or optimizing ERP systems and a strong interest in improving processes in a growing organization. The position supports cost accounting and inventory management, financial reporting and analysis, ERP implementation and process improvement, and cross-functional business partnership. Success during the first 12 months includes improving the accuracy and timeliness of cost reporting, strengthening inventory controls, supporting ERP initiatives, developing useful inventory KPIs, reducing manual work, and building strong partnerships across Finance and Operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
5–8+ years of progressive accounting experience.
At least 3 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated participation in at least one full ERP implementation or major ERP upgrade.
Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, GAAP, and internal controls.
Advanced Excel skills.
Experience with an ERP system such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Infor, Epicor, NetSuite, or similar.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Analytical thinking, continuous improvement mindset, ERP systems expertise, business partnership, attention to detail, project management, problem solving, and effective communication.

Nice To Haves

CPA or CMA.
Experience with high-growth and/or CPG companies.
Experience with business intelligence tools.
CPG operations experience.
Public company or SOX compliance experience.
ERP implementation leadership.
Experience developing financial dashboards and KPIs.

Responsibilities

Maintain and enhance costing methodologies; calculate, analyze, and update product and material costs.
Analyze cost-of-goods-sold variances and trends, including purchase price and production volume.
Prepare monthly cost accounting journal entries and reconciliations.
Review inventory transactions for accuracy and compliance with company policies.
Analyze margins and profitability by product, customer, and business unit.
Assist with annual physical inventory processes.
Maintain inventory valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
Partner with Operations to improve inventory accuracy and cycle-count programs.
Analyze inventory reserves, obsolescence, excess inventory, and slow-moving stock.
Reconcile the inventory subledger to the general ledger.
Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
Prepare management reports explaining cost trends and manufacturing performance.
Develop inventory dashboards and KPIs.
Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and annual operating plans.
Support internal and external audit requests.
Serve as Finance lead or key contributor during ERP implementations, upgrades, and optimization projects.
Design and validate cost accounting processes within ERP systems.
Test costing functionality, inventory transactions, production workflows, and financial reporting.
Develop internal controls for ERP cost accounting modules.
Create documentation, procedures, and end-user training materials.
Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve reporting efficiency.
Collaborate with Operations, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and FP&A to improve operational performance.
Provide financial guidance for new product introductions and manufacturing initiatives.
Participate in capital expenditure analysis and manufacturing investment decisions.
Present financial results and recommendations to leadership.
Improve monthly cost-reporting accuracy and timeliness, enhance inventory controls, support ERP initiatives, develop meaningful inventory KPIs, implement process improvements, and build cross-functional partnerships.