Cost Accountant
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The Cost Accountant supports accounting and financial operations, focusing on inventory, cost analysis, and financial reporting. The role tracks and analyzes costs, maintains accounting records, assists with month-end close, and supports budgeting and forecasting. It also partners with operations to review financial performance and identifies opportunities to improve cost controls and accounting processes. The position is offered on a contract-to-permanent basis.
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Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant to support accounting and financial operations, with a focus on inventory, cost analysis, and financial reporting ona contract to permanent basis. This individual will help ensure accurate cost tracking, reporting, and analysis to support business decisions.
Key Responsibilities
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Analyze and monitor product, material, labor, and overhead costs.
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Maintain and reconcile inventory and cost accounting records.
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Assist with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
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Analyze manufacturing costs and investigate variances.
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Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
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Identify opportunities to improve cost controls and accounting processes.
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Partner with operations and other departments to review financial performance.
Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
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2+ years of accounting experience, preferably in cost accounting or manufacturing.
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Understanding of inventory accounting, general ledger, and basic GAAP principles.
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Experience with account reconciliations and financial reporting.
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Strong Excel skills and analytical abilities.
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ERP experience preferred (NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics, or similar).
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Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,974 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$93–143K/yr161 salary ranges
- Texas median$25–31/hr28 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 361 open Accounting jobs in Texas and 4,974 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Robert Half (this employer)19 open
- Deloitte17 open
- EY12 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,764 postings).
- Education
- 2,508 of the 4,974 open Accounting jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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