Jobs
Cost Accountant
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations.
Industry
Salary
$90,000–$105,000
About the company
Our client is an established manufacturer and distributor of industrial and consumer products, with multiple production facilities across the U.S. The company has a long track record in its market, a growing footprint, and a collaborative culture focused on operational excellence and career growth.
The opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, this role works closely with production, engineering, purchasing, and operations leaders. You’ll maintain standard costs, set labor and overhead rates, keep bills of materials and routings accurate, explain monthly manufacturing variances, and run job costing for custom and special-order work, giving management the margin analysis it relies on for pricing and operating decisions.
Key responsibilities
Standard Costing and Rates
Develop and maintain standard costs for materials, labor, and overhead.
Calculate and update labor, overhead, and burden rates using machine hours, labor hours, and other activity drivers.
Lead the annual standard cost roll and analyze its impact on inventory and margins.
Review capacity and activity levels so overhead absorption reflects actual plant operations.
BOMs and Routings
Partner with engineering and production to keep bills of materials and routings accurate in the ERP system.
Audit BOMs and routings against actual material usage and labor time, and drive corrections.
Cost new products and engineering changes.
Job Costing
Set up, track, and close jobs for custom and special-order work.
Compare actual costs to estimates and report job margins.
Provide feedback to sales and estimating to improve future quotes.
Variance Analysis and Inventory
Analyze and explain monthly purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead absorption variances.
Own inventory valuation across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
Prepare cost-related month-end entries and reconciliations, including capitalized variances, inventory reserves, and absorption.
Support physical and cycle counts and reconcile results to the general ledger.
Review excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory and recommend reserves.
Analysis and Support
Prepare product and customer profitability analysis.
Support make-vs-buy, pricing, capital investment, and cost reduction decisions.
Provide production cost and rate assumptions for the annual budget.
Prepare cost schedules for the annual audit.
Ideal profile
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Hands-on job costing experience.
Proven experience developing labor and overhead rates, including machine-hour or activity-based allocation.
Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, and standard cost rolls.
Experience with manufacturing variance analysis and inventory valuation under US GAAP.
Advanced Excel skills, including costing models, large data sets, pivot tables, and lookups.
CMA or CPA.
Experience with manufacturing ERP costing modules.
Background in discrete or high-volume manufacturing.
Experience with activity-based costing or a standard cost system implementation.
Experience across multiple plants or cost centers.
Skills and Attributes
Comfortable on the shop floor and eager to understand how products are actually built.
Builds credibility with plant managers, engineers, and supervisors by explaining costs in operational terms.
Analytical, focused on why a variance happened, not just its size.
Detail-oriented, with the judgment to know which details move the numbers.
Compensation & benefits
The posted base salary range is $90,000–$105,000. Full detail on the package is shared at intake before you speak to the client.
How to apply
Three ways to start the conversation.
Send your résumé, book a call, or apply straight from the LinkedIn posting. Whichever route you pick, one person handles your application from first reply to offer.
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We believe great recruiting is personal, not transactional. We spent 15 years inside LinkedIn building the tools recruiters use, then built the firm we wished existed. We connect high-performing people with companies where they can make the biggest impact, and one relationship manager stays with you from the first search to the tenth.
Jobs
Cost Accountant
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations.
Industry
Salary
$90,000–$105,000
About the company
Our client is an established manufacturer and distributor of industrial and consumer products, with multiple production facilities across the U.S. The company has a long track record in its market, a growing footprint, and a collaborative culture focused on operational excellence and career growth.
The opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, this role works closely with production, engineering, purchasing, and operations leaders. You’ll maintain standard costs, set labor and overhead rates, keep bills of materials and routings accurate, explain monthly manufacturing variances, and run job costing for custom and special-order work, giving management the margin analysis it relies on for pricing and operating decisions.
Key responsibilities
Standard Costing and Rates
Develop and maintain standard costs for materials, labor, and overhead.
Calculate and update labor, overhead, and burden rates using machine hours, labor hours, and other activity drivers.
Lead the annual standard cost roll and analyze its impact on inventory and margins.
Review capacity and activity levels so overhead absorption reflects actual plant operations.
BOMs and Routings
Partner with engineering and production to keep bills of materials and routings accurate in the ERP system.
Audit BOMs and routings against actual material usage and labor time, and drive corrections.
Cost new products and engineering changes.
Job Costing
Set up, track, and close jobs for custom and special-order work.
Compare actual costs to estimates and report job margins.
Provide feedback to sales and estimating to improve future quotes.
Variance Analysis and Inventory
Analyze and explain monthly purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead absorption variances.
Own inventory valuation across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
Prepare cost-related month-end entries and reconciliations, including capitalized variances, inventory reserves, and absorption.
Support physical and cycle counts and reconcile results to the general ledger.
Review excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory and recommend reserves.
Analysis and Support
Prepare product and customer profitability analysis.
Support make-vs-buy, pricing, capital investment, and cost reduction decisions.
Provide production cost and rate assumptions for the annual budget.
Prepare cost schedules for the annual audit.
Ideal profile
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Hands-on job costing experience.
Proven experience developing labor and overhead rates, including machine-hour or activity-based allocation.
Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, and standard cost rolls.
Experience with manufacturing variance analysis and inventory valuation under US GAAP.
Advanced Excel skills, including costing models, large data sets, pivot tables, and lookups.
CMA or CPA.
Experience with manufacturing ERP costing modules.
Background in discrete or high-volume manufacturing.
Experience with activity-based costing or a standard cost system implementation.
Experience across multiple plants or cost centers.
Skills and Attributes
Comfortable on the shop floor and eager to understand how products are actually built.
Builds credibility with plant managers, engineers, and supervisors by explaining costs in operational terms.
Analytical, focused on why a variance happened, not just its size.
Detail-oriented, with the judgment to know which details move the numbers.
Compensation & benefits
The posted base salary range is $90,000–$105,000. Full detail on the package is shared at intake before you speak to the client.
How to apply
Three ways to start the conversation.
Send your résumé, book a call, or apply straight from the LinkedIn posting. Whichever route you pick, one person handles your application from first reply to offer.
About NextPlay Jobs
We believe great recruiting is personal, not transactional. We spent 15 years inside LinkedIn building the tools recruiters use, then built the firm we wished existed. We connect high-performing people with companies where they can make the biggest impact, and one relationship manager stays with you from the first search to the tenth.
Jobs
Cost Accountant
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations.
Industry
Salary
$90,000–$105,000
About the company
Our client is an established manufacturer and distributor of industrial and consumer products, with multiple production facilities across the U.S. The company has a long track record in its market, a growing footprint, and a collaborative culture focused on operational excellence and career growth.
The opportunity
Our client is seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to own product costing and inventory accounting across their manufacturing operations. Reporting to the Director of FP&A, this role works closely with production, engineering, purchasing, and operations leaders. You’ll maintain standard costs, set labor and overhead rates, keep bills of materials and routings accurate, explain monthly manufacturing variances, and run job costing for custom and special-order work, giving management the margin analysis it relies on for pricing and operating decisions.
Key responsibilities
Standard Costing and Rates
Develop and maintain standard costs for materials, labor, and overhead.
Calculate and update labor, overhead, and burden rates using machine hours, labor hours, and other activity drivers.
Lead the annual standard cost roll and analyze its impact on inventory and margins.
Review capacity and activity levels so overhead absorption reflects actual plant operations.
BOMs and Routings
Partner with engineering and production to keep bills of materials and routings accurate in the ERP system.
Audit BOMs and routings against actual material usage and labor time, and drive corrections.
Cost new products and engineering changes.
Job Costing
Set up, track, and close jobs for custom and special-order work.
Compare actual costs to estimates and report job margins.
Provide feedback to sales and estimating to improve future quotes.
Variance Analysis and Inventory
Analyze and explain monthly purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead absorption variances.
Own inventory valuation across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods.
Prepare cost-related month-end entries and reconciliations, including capitalized variances, inventory reserves, and absorption.
Support physical and cycle counts and reconcile results to the general ledger.
Review excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory and recommend reserves.
Analysis and Support
Prepare product and customer profitability analysis.
Support make-vs-buy, pricing, capital investment, and cost reduction decisions.
Provide production cost and rate assumptions for the annual budget.
Prepare cost schedules for the annual audit.
Ideal profile
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
Hands-on job costing experience.
Proven experience developing labor and overhead rates, including machine-hour or activity-based allocation.
Working knowledge of BOMs, routings, and standard cost rolls.
Experience with manufacturing variance analysis and inventory valuation under US GAAP.
Advanced Excel skills, including costing models, large data sets, pivot tables, and lookups.
CMA or CPA.
Experience with manufacturing ERP costing modules.
Background in discrete or high-volume manufacturing.
Experience with activity-based costing or a standard cost system implementation.
Experience across multiple plants or cost centers.
Skills and Attributes
Comfortable on the shop floor and eager to understand how products are actually built.
Builds credibility with plant managers, engineers, and supervisors by explaining costs in operational terms.
Analytical, focused on why a variance happened, not just its size.
Detail-oriented, with the judgment to know which details move the numbers.
Compensation & benefits
The posted base salary range is $90,000–$105,000. Full detail on the package is shared at intake before you speak to the client.
How to apply
Three ways to start the conversation.
Send your résumé, book a call, or apply straight from the LinkedIn posting. Whichever route you pick, one person handles your application from first reply to offer.
About NextPlay Jobs
We believe great recruiting is personal, not transactional. We spent 15 years inside LinkedIn building the tools recruiters use, then built the firm we wished existed. We connect high-performing people with companies where they can make the biggest impact, and one relationship manager stays with you from the first search to the tenth.