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Cost Accountant

Teledyne

Hawthorne, CAFull-time$97–129K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$97–129K/yr
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Cost Accountant will maintain standard costs and analyze costing as a member of the accounting team. The role supports month-end close, inventory and cost-of-sales reconciliation, reserve analysis, variance analysis, reporting, and audits. A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance and at least four years of related job cost analysis experience are required. Info XA ERP and BNA Fixed Assets experience are a plus.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cost AccountingJob Cost AnalysisMonth-End CutoffSubledger ReconciliationMicrosoft ExcelFinancial Statement AnalysisInfo XA ERPBNA Fixed AssetsVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance4+ Years Related ExperienceUS Person

Full job description

US - Hawthorne, CA (TDY)

Full time

REQ37564

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Teledyne Relays (a business unit of Teledyne Defense Electronics, LLC) is a manufacturer of Electromechanical Relays, Solid State Relays, Power Controllers, RF COAX Switches and RF Matrix switching systems. The primary manufacturing facilities are located in the United States and Mexico. We are a vertically orientated manufacturing and design company with major operations in Southern California.

Teledyne Relays’ mission, vision, and value statements have never really changed in principle since 1963. Dedication to every employee and client’s success; Innovation that matters - for our company and for the world; Trust and personal responsibility in all relationships – Teledyne Relays is EveryWhereYouLook!

We are looking for Cost Accountant to join our team! $10k signing bonus!

The Cost Accountant will play a critical role in maintaining standard costs and its ongoing analysis. This role will be a key member of the accounting team in providing costing support and in other accounting areas.

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Maintain standard cost accounting system.

  • Perform month-end close closing process.

  • Perform account reconciliation of inventories and cost of sales.

  • Prepare period cost reserve analysis, E&O reserve analysis, and related journal entries.

  • Perform variance analysis such as Purchase Price Variance and Work Order variances.

  • Prepare quarterly variance explanation for income statement and balance sheet.

  • Lead year end physical inventory.

  • Prepare various daily, weekly, and monthly management reports.

  • Assist and prepares for SOX Testing and other financial audits.

  • Ensure accuracy of financial information in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with internal accounting policies & procedures

  • Assists with related special projects as required and other duties as assigned by Controller.

Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance Required.

  • Minimum 4 years of related experience in job cost analysis

  • Experience with proper procedures for month-end cutoff transactions & reconciliation of subledgers to General Ledger

  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

  • Strong understanding of financial statements and reports

  • Info XA ERP and BNA Fixed Assets experience a plus.

  • Good verbal and written communication skills.

  • Working on holidays may be required.

Salary: Up to 140K

In our efforts to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace, Teledyne Relays requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check and pass a drug screen prior to employment.

Due to the type of work at the facility and certain access restrictions, successful applicants must be a "US Person" (US Citizens, US Nationals, lawful permanent residents, asylees or refugees).

Salary Range:

$96,600.00-$128,800.000

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks/credit history and drug testing. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,940 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$97–129K/yr
  • California median$124–171K/yr339 salary ranges
  • US median$95–140K/yr2,449 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $113K, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($150K) — in the lowest quarter of Accounting salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 516 open Accounting jobs in California and 4,940 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,643 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,450 of the 4,940 open Accounting jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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