Senior Cost Accountant

Shape Technologies Group•Baxter Springs, KS

About The Position

The Senior Cost Accountant is a key member of the accounting team supporting 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 the Operations team and Controller on manufacturing performance, reporting accuracy, corrections, and variances. The position also works closely with operations and finance leadership to improve processes, leverage technology, and support the facility’s growth. The role analyzes manufacturing data and costs, prepares gross margin and standard-versus-actual cost reports, and supports accurate product quotes. It maintains the cost accounting system and standard product costs, researches work order and labor reporting issues, prepares manufacturing activity reports, reviews production and price variances, and updates costs for new products and engineering change notices. Month-end responsibilities include journal entries, inventory-to-general-ledger balancing, reconciliations, management reporting, and audit support. The role also maintains obsolete inventory calculations, supports disposal programs, updates cost rates, conducts the annual cost roll, and provides other accounting support as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
At least five years of experience in a high-volume, multi-component manufacturing environment, including managing complex bills of materials across thousands of SKUs.
Knowledge and understanding of manufacturing input costs, including material, 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 levels of the organization.
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, or CMA preferred.

Responsibilities

Study and collect manufacturing data in collaboration with operations to identify and drive improvements.
Analyze the cost effects of changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services, and support McCartney and ETO businesses 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 reporting on manufacturing activity.
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.
Conduct month-end processes and journal entries, including balancing perpetual inventory to the general ledger, reconciliations, management reports, and audit support.
Verify entries to the income statement and balance sheet.
Maintain obsolete inventory calculations and conduct disposal programs.
Develop updates for material, labor, overhead, and material burden rates, and conduct the annual cost roll.
Assist with other accounting support as needed.