What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Cost Analyst/Accountant position at Michael Page?
The client are a growing manufacturing and production company that specialize in aerospace, defense and industrial components. The role is based in Groton (CT) and they are looking for a Senior Cost Analyst/Accountant to join the team on a permanent basis.
Client Details
The client are looking for a new Senior Cost Analyst to join the team and report directly into the Regional Finance Director,. The successful candidate will be the 'right hand' to the Reg FD and Controller, whilst working very closely with a number of different stakeholders across the business. The finance team is lean, giving the successful candidate a wealth of exposure across the business.
Description
The successful Senior Cost Analyst/Accountant will:
- Review and analyze the impact of weekly job closures
- Coordinate with Operations on inventory cycle counts and physical inventories, including audits and root cause analysis
- Administer the annual standard cost update process, ensuring appropriate cost build-up and allocation across products
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes with accurate cost-related data
- Part cost analysis - provide data to engineering for BoMs
- Assist in month-end close - journal entries and account reconciliations
- Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly reporting
- Monitor the slow-moving inventory reserve
- Collaborate with operations to maintain and refine cost drivers and costing assumptions
- Oversee the development, maintenance, and analysis of standard cost structures and gross margin performances
- Serve as a trusted advisor on managerial accounting matters, including cost comparisons and operational efficiency initiatives
- Partner with manufacturing teams to support purchasing, inventory management, and materials control activities
- Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement teams to review material, labour, overhead, vendor costs, and raw material trends
- Monitor key cost drivers and identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement
- Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership through clear, actionable reports or presentations
- Assists in developing, implementing, managing and continually measuring processes ensuring the accuracy of job costing standards, including annual and ad-hoc cost roll exercises as required
- Support production team with ad-hoc inquiries, requests and reporting
Profile
The successful Senior Cost Analyst/Accountant will:
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience within manufacturing accounting
- MUST have prior working knowledge of a similar Cost Analyst/Accountant role - WIP accounting, job costing, month end preparation, budgeting and forecasting
- Prior working knowledge of Epicor, Hyperion or SAGE (desirable, not essential)
Strong Excel skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to be adaptable
Job Offer
- $75,000 - $95,000
- 10% bonus
- Additional benefits
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
Salary : $75,000 - $95,000