Cost Analyst

Senior Cost Analyst (HYBRID)

Job Description

The Senior Cost Analyst partners closely with operations, supply chain, and finance teams to analyze product and operational costs, maintain accurate costing structures, and deliver clear financial insights that support strategic business decisions. This role focuses on cost modeling, profitability analysis, inventory valuation support, and identifying opportunities to improve overall financial performance. The Senior Cost Analyst operates with a high degree of independence, collaborates across multiple functions, and serves as a key resource for cost-related analysis, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product and operational costs to provide clear, data-driven insights that support business decision-making.

• Develop, maintain, and refine costing structures and cost models for products and operations.

• Perform detailed variance analysis to understand drivers of cost and margin fluctuations and communicate findings to stakeholders.

• Conduct reconciliations related to inventory, cost accounts, and margin to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.

• Support inventory valuation processes by providing cost analysis and ensuring appropriate standard costing is applied.

• Perform inventory and margin analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve financial performance.

• Prepare and maintain reports and dashboards that summarize cost, margin, and inventory performance for operations and finance leadership.

• Leverage large-scale ERP systems to extract, validate, and analyze cost and inventory data.

• Create and use Excel pivot tables and VLOOKUPs to organize, compare, and analyze complex data sets.

• Collaborate with operations and supply chain teams to understand cost drivers and recommend process or cost improvements.

• Partner with finance teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and profitability analysis activities.

• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance through better costing practices, process enhancements, and data accuracy.

• Act as a key resource for cost-related analysis and reporting, responding to ad hoc requests and supporting cross-functional projects.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in variance analysis, with at least 2 years focused on analyzing cost and margin variances.

• Strong background in costing and cost accounting within a manufacturing environment, with at least 2 years of industry experience.

• Hands-on experience performing reconciliations for inventory, cost accounts, and related financial data for a minimum of 2 years.

• Ability to create and use pivot tables and VLOOKUPs in Excel to analyze and manipulate large data sets.

• Proficiency working within a large-scale ERP system to extract and analyze cost and inventory information.

• Demonstrated skill in cost accounting, cost analysis, and inventory analysis.

• Experience with inventory and margin analysis to support financial performance evaluation.

• Understanding of standard costing principles and their application in a manufacturing setting.

• Bachelors degree in accounting, finance, business, or a closely related field.

• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and data accuracy.

• Clear and concise communication skills to present financial insights to non-financial stakeholders.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75000.00 - $85000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

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Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 15, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Wilkes-Barre,PA.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.