Sr. Cost Accountant

ACT ENTERTAINMENT

DEPARTMENT: Finance FLSA : Exempt

REPORTS TO: Corporate Controller EFFECTIVE DATE: 9/23/2025

LOCATIONS: Cincinnati, OH; Leominster, MA; Mississauga, Toronto Canada

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for providing financial leadership to the operations in the planning and execution of business goals and objectives. The Cost Accountant will provide support to the finance team regarding various initiatives and will be a key resource in defining process and capability improvements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support capital acquisition, tracking, and capitalization of assets for approved projects.
• Perform inventory reconciliations and analysis, as well as supports business initiatives to improve inventory health.
• Provide product costing support and analysis, to include preparation of the annual standard cost roll.
• Support cycle count reporting and analysis and annual physical inventory when needed.
• Build and lead variance analysis to key benchmarks – budget, forecast, prior year, etc. – and clearly communicate key assumptions/inputs to plant leadership to ensure achievement of performance objectives.
• Lead inventory standard costing and margin analysis activities, including managing the annual standards roll and physical inventory.
• Develop and deploy key operational metrics and analysis to support daily management of the business while proactively managing costs and working capital to drive sustainable improvement.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis/special projects to assist team in understanding business performance and offer solutions to improve performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• None

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Previous meaningful experience as cost manager in a manufacturing environment, managing a staff, with an emphasis on cost accounting, reporting and variance analysis.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand and assimilate new ideas and manage change.
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex financial information.
• Ability to maintain professional skepticism, with capability to validate accuracy of reporting and draw general conclusions on the data.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills combined with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytical and technical accounting skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and working knowledge of Microsoft Office products

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

COMPANY VALUES:

• Deliver Legendary Service: It’s all about the experience. With every experience, do the little things, as well as the big things, that surprise people. Make every interaction stand out for its helpfulness. Create the “WOW” factor that turns customers into raving fans. This includes both internal and external customers.
• Do the Right Thing, always: Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to doing the right thing in every action you take, and, in every decision, you make, especially when no one’s looking . Always tell the truth, no matter the consequences. If you make a mistake, own up to it, apologize, and make it right.
• Practice Blameless Problem-Solving: Demonstrate a relentless solution focus, rather than pointing fingers or dwelling on problems. Identify lessons learned and use those lessons to improve ourselves and our processes so we don’t make the same mistake twice. Get smarter with every mistake. Learn from every experience.
• Contribute to Profit: We’re in business delivering value for our customers while making money. We all play a role in building revenue that exceeds our expenses. Look for ways to increase our sales, develop new customers, and control our expenses.
• Honor Commitments: Do what you say you’re going to do, when you say you’re going to do it. This includes being on time for all phone calls, appointments, and meetings. If a commitment can’t be fulfilled, notify others early and agree on a new deliverable to be honored.
• Embrace Change and Growth: What got us here is not the same as what will get us to the next level. Get outside your comfort zone, rather than stubbornly hanging on to old ways of doing things. Be excited by the possibilities that change, and growth bring. Be flexible.
• Be Positive: You have the power to choose your attitude. Choose to be joyful, optimistic, and enthusiastic. See the good in others. Your attitude is contagious. Spread optimism and positive energy.
• Keep Things Fun: While our passion for excellence is real, remember that the world has bigger problems than the daily challenges that make up our work. Stuff happens. Keep perspective. Don’t take things personally or take yourself too seriously. Laugh every day.