Senior Cost Accountant

Our client, a well-established and growing international manufacturing organization, is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to join its finance team. This position will play a key role in supporting financial decision-making by providing meaningful cost analysis, maintaining accurate product costing, and partnering closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, and executive leadership to improve profitability and operational performance.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical accounting expertise with operational finance, while helping drive continuous improvement across a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs for manufactured and purchased products.
• Partner with Engineering to review Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, and product cost changes.
• Perform product costing, support new product quotes, and participate in annual standard cost updates.
• Analyze manufacturing variances, including material, labor, overhead, and production efficiency, while communicating key findings to leadership.
• Support monthly close activities related to inventory and cost accounting.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and monitor inventory valuation and reserve calculations.
• Participate in physical inventories, cycle counts, and investigations of inventory discrepancies.
• Prepare profitability analyses by product line, customer, and business segment to support strategic decision-making.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, capital investment analysis, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Maintain costing data within the ERP system while developing reporting tools to improve financial visibility.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and inventory accounting best practices while supporting internal and external audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and enhance reporting capabilities.

Ideal Background

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3–5+ years of cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, and product costing.
• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyze and communicate complex financial information.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams and influence business decisions.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process optimization and operational excellence.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• High-visibility role with significant exposure to operations and executive leadership.
• Opportunity to directly influence manufacturing performance and profitability.
• Collaborative, team-oriented culture with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Stable, growing organization offering long-term career development and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the business.