Senior Cost Accountant

Carolina PRG has partnered with a global, billion-dollar manufacturing organization seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join its growing finance team. This role will be a key business partner to Operations, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain, responsible for providing accurate product costing, inventory accounting, financial analysis, and operational reporting. This is an excellent opportunity for a professional who enjoys working in a dynamic manufacturing environment where they can influence business decisions and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost accounting activities for multiple manufacturing facilities, ensuring accurate product costing and inventory valuation.
• Prepare and analyze monthly manufacturing cost reports, including material, labor, overhead, and production variances.
• Support the month-end close process by preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, inventory roll-forwards, and financial reporting.
• Analyze standard costs and partner with Operations to maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, and cost structures.
• Monitor inventory transactions, cycle counts, physical inventories, and inventory reserve analyses while ensuring compliance with company policies.
• Partner closely with Plant Leadership, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and FP&A to identify cost savings opportunities and improve operational performance.
• Perform margin analysis, profitability reporting, and cost modeling to support strategic business decisions.
• Support capital expenditure reporting and fixed asset accounting for manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 4+ years of experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting, inventory accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing financial reporting.
• Experience supporting month-end close and financial statement preparation.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.

Why This Opportunity?

• Join a financially strong global manufacturer with a reputation for innovation and operational excellence.
• Highly visible role with regular interaction across Finance, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Opportunity to influence manufacturing performance through meaningful financial analysis.
• Collaborative culture with excellent career growth opportunities.