Cost Accountant

The Senior Cost Accountant role will focus on strengthening the cost accounting system within a manufacturing environment. It involves collaborating with the cost manager in supporting the implementation of controls to ensure accurate reporting of inventories and manufacturing costs, researching variances, and making recommendations for improvement.

This will be a full time position onsite in Plano, TX 3 days a week and 2 days remote.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required or equivalent work experience
• 3 years work in cost accounting in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Previous experience with an ERP in a manufacturing environment is required.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with business intelligence and analytics software is preferred.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Create bill of materials for each job and the setup of standard costs, including labor, material, machining, and other direct and indirect conversion costs.
• Prepare and analyze cost reports and costing audits
• Monitor controls in place to ensure the integrity of the cost data.
• Work with operations and production to track conversion process and costs throughout various stages of the manufacturing process.
• Research and validate variances versus standard for purchases, processes, labor and spending.
• Manage inventory valuation from cost update and inventory adjustments for GAAP reporting (e.g. price testing). Financial controls over inventory reporting. Ensure adherence to month-end and cycle count instructions.
• Assist in the preparation and monitoring of the budget process.
• Validate the cost of goods sold is accurately tracked by product by job as part of the month-end close.
• Supports FP&A in the preparations of management reports. Assist in the report on the effectiveness of operational performance by providing operations with financial analysis, plant metrics and KPIs.