Cost Accounting Specialist

What You’ll Do

• Partner with plant and corporate teams to improve cost visibility, review/close production jobs daily, and ensure accurate job and inventory costing.

• Analyze variances, job profitability, and manufacturing performance, collaborating with Production to identify root causes and drive improvements.

• Support cost rolls, BOM analysis, standard cost updates, and investigate cost issues with Production, Engineering, and Purchasing.

• Strengthen financial processes, track manufacturing variances, and support accurate reporting across the business.

• Perform month‑end close activities, including journal entries, overhead analysis, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Lead on‑site cost accounting process improvements and cross‑functional projects to enhance operational efficiency and product costing.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field.

• +3 years of hands-on accounting experience in a manufacturing or product-based company.

• Proficient in core accounting processes: preparing and posting journal entries, reconciling accounts, and assisting with month-end close.

• Experience preparing or interpreting trial balances and financial statements.

• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

• Strong Excel skills.

What Will Set You Apart  

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage workload, ask the right questions, and deliver accurate results.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to communicate or present information, both written and verbally, effectively with all levels of the organization.

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and excited to apply your accounting skills in a hands-on, collaborative manufacturing environment.

• Experience with SAP ERP systems is a plus.

Additional Details:

• Relocation Available: Yes

• Sponsorship Available: No

• Workplace Type: Onsite 

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