Cost Accountant (Manufacturing)

Position Summary Essential Duties and Responsibilities Maintain and analyze standard and actual manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, overhead, outside processing, and product cost structures. Maintain standard costs, Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, labor standards, and other manufacturing-related data. Analyze and report manufacturing, production, inventory, and operational cost variances. Investigate significant cost discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate departments. Support month-end and year-end financial close activities, including inventory, manufacturing costs, accruals, cost of goods sold, and related reconciliations. Support financial reporting, audits, compliance activities, and maintenance of accurate financial records and supporting documentation. Partner with cross-functional departments to evaluate the financial and cost impacts of new products, processes, materials, equipment, and operational changes. Support manufacturing budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. Provide cost information to support pricing, make-versus-buy decisions, capital investments, and cost-reduction initiatives. Develop and maintain cost accounting reports, procedures, and analytical tools to improve cost visibility, accuracy, financial controls, and profitability. Utilize manufacturing ERP and accounting systems to analyze and maintain financial and manufacturing data. Cross-Functional Responsibilities The Manufacturing Cost Accountant establishes effective working relationships across multiple departments, including: Manufacturing, Analyze production performance, labor, scrap, rework, efficiency, and process costs. Purchasing, Evaluate material pricing, supplier changes, purchase variances, and sourcing decisions. Engineering, Review Bills of Material, routings, product changes, process improvements, and new-product costing. Inventory/Warehouse, Support inventory accuracy, inventory transactions, cycle counts, and material movement. Quality, Analyze scrap, rework, nonconformance, and quality-related costs. Sales/Management, Provide information for product profitability, pricing analysis, and customer-specific cost considerations. Accounting/Finance, Support month-end close, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls. Required Qualifications Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with experience in cost or manufacturing accounting. Working knowledge of manufacturing cost principles, inventory accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting/ERP systems. Ability to interpret manufacturing data, Bills of Material, production records, inventory information, and financial information. Ability to investigate discrepancies, identify potential causes, and communicate findings effectively. Experience maintaining and analyzing standard and actual manufacturing costs. Experience with materials, labor, overhead, outside processing, Bills of Material, routings, and labor standards. Experience analyzing cost, production, inventory, and operational variances. Experience with raw material, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventory accounting. Experience supporting physical inventory counts, inventory valuation, and inventory controls. Experience with month-end/year-end close, financial reporting, audits, and compliance. Experience evaluating the cost impacts of new products, processes, materials, equipment, and operational changes. Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, pricing, make-versus-buy analysis, capital investment, and cost-reduction decisions. Experience developing cost accounting reports, procedures, and analytical tools. Experience with manufacturing ERP systems. Knowledge of discrete manufacturing operations and manufacturing cost accounting principles. To apply go to https://giottoenterprises.com/careers.html or email [email protected]