Cost Accountant

Job Summary:

The Cost Accountant plays a critical role in supporting inventory and cost accounting operations within a manufacturing environment. This position assists with monthly close activities, cost variance analysis, inventory reconciliations, and financial reporting to help ensure accurate product costing and financial statement integrity.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and eager to learn, with a solid understanding of accounting principles and an interest in developing expertise in cost accounting and inventory operations.

 
Reporting to:          Associate Director, Inventory Accounting
Location:             Johnson City, TN (5 days required onsite), or Nashville, TN (4-5 days required onsite)

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

• Assist with recurring inventory accounting procedures, including variance tracking, inventory valuation, and cost allocations.
• Support preparation of monthly close schedules comparing standard costs to actual production costs.
• Assist in analyzing manufacturing costs and identifying basic cost variances.
• Support period-end accounting close activities to ensure timely completion.
• Prepare journal entries under supervision and assist with monthly reports.
• Assist with balance sheet account reconciliations (e.g., inventory, accruals) using OneStream.
• Support planning and coordination of physical inventory counts with warehouse personnel and auditors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather information for cost analysis and reporting
• Assist in preparing audit support documentation for internal and external auditors.
• Help maintain documentation to support internal controls and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives within the accounting team.
• Prepare data and other supporting information requests as needed for audits and reviews conducted by internal and external auditors.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree & 2+ years' directly related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (or equivalent).
• 2+ years of industry or audit experience in inventory operations and cost accounting.
• Knowledge in applying standard cost model, absorption accounting, variance analysis.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Aptean Ross) and Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, basic formulas).
• Life sciences / Biotechnology and/or manufacturing industry experience.
• Sarbanes-Oxley 404 public accounting or industry experience.
• Proficient working knowledge in inventory cost accounting operations and processes.
• Positive, strong work ethic and a team player.
• Excellent organizational skills with a high attention to detail.
• Unquestionable integrity and personal ethics.
• Ability to adapt and prioritize competing projects.
• Ability to communicate with impact both verbal and written.
• Team-oriented mindset with a willingness to learn.
• Prioritize assignments, deal with interruptions, and meet deadlines in a fast paced and growth-oriented environment.

Company Summary:

Crown is a proud member of the Revance Portfolio of skincare offerings. Revance is a fast-growing global aesthetics and skincare company focused on providing innovative aesthetics and market-leading skincare offerings throughout every stage of life. With a differentiated portfolio of products spanning 60 countries, Revance meets the evolving needs of patients and consumers worldwide through continued innovation and commercialization of new products and treatments.
What Revance invests in you:

• Competitive Compensation including base salary and annual performance bonus.
• Flexible PTO, holidays, and parental leave.
• Generous healthcare benefits, HSA match, 401k match, employer paid life and disability insurance, pet insurance, wellness discounts and much more!

This section of the job description is required by the American with Disability Act (ADA). The ADA requires that job descriptions reflect the physical and mental demands required to effectively perform the essential duties of the job. The ADA prohibits employers from discriminating against a “qualified individual with a disability” in all aspects of the employment relationship. A “qualified individual with a disability” is “an individual who meets the education, experience, skill, and other job-related requirements of a position held or desired, and who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of a specified job.”

Revance is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.