Job Title: Cost Accountant
Job Summary:
The Cost Accountant supports the accounting and finance team by assisting with cost analysis, inventory tracking, and financial reporting. This role focuses on gathering and analyzing cost data, maintaining accurate records, and supporting month-end close activities while developing core cost accounting skills.
Responsibilities
- Assist in analyzing manufacturing and operational costs (labor, materials, overhead)
- Support month-end close processes, including journal entries and reconciliations
- Maintain and validate standard costs and assist with cost updates
- Track inventory movements, cycle counts, and WIP (work-in-process) balances
- Perform basic variance analysis and investigate discrepancies
- Support preparation of financial and cost reports for management review
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities
- Ensure accuracy of cost data in ERP/accounting systems
- Collaborate with operations, purchasing, and production teams to validate cost inputs
- Participate in internal audits and compliance activities
Academic Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in:
- Accounting
- Finance
- or related field
- 0–3 years of accounting or cost accounting experience
- Internship or manufacturing exposure preferred
Required Skills & Experience
- Basic understanding of cost accounting and GAAP principles
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs)
- Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.) preferred
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
What Linamar Has to Offer
- Competitive Compensation
- Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc.
- 401k Program
- Opportunities for career advancement.
- Sustainability Council
- Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
- Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.
About Us
Linamar Corporation is a Canadian-founded global manufacturer, renowned for its advanced engineering and innovative product development across diverse industries and markets. Our journey started in 1966 under the visionary leadership of our founder, and today, we remain committed to cultivating a culture of innovation and collaboration.
With access to state-of-the-art tools and resources, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact alongside a team of driven and passionate professionals. Join us and be part of a company where innovation, collaboration, and growth are at the heart of everything we do.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 0-3 years of accounting or cost accounting experience
- Internship or manufacturing exposure
- Basic understanding of cost accounting and GAAP principles
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs)
- Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
What We Do
Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) is an advanced manufacturing company where the intersection of leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise is creating solutions that power vehicles, motion, work and lives for the future. The Company is made up of two operating segments – the Industrial segment and the Mobility segment, both global leaders in manufacturing solutions and world-class developers of highly engineered products. The Industrial segment is comprised of Skyjack, MacDon and Salford. Skyjack manufactures scissor, boom and telehandler lifts for the aerial work platform industry. MacDon manufactures combine draper headers and self-propelled windrowers for the agricultural harvesting industry. Salford also supplies the agriculture market with farm tillage and crop fertilizer applicator equipment. The Mobility segment is focused on propulsion systems, structural and chassis systems, energy storage and power generation for both the global electrified and traditionally powered vehicle markets, and is subdivided into three regional groups and one global product group: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the newly formed Structures Group. The Regional Mobility groups are vertically integrated operations combining expertise in light metal casting, forging, machining and assembly. The Linamar Structures Group offers competitive lightweight innovations for safety-critical components and systems for the global mobility market. In addition, the eLIN Product Solutions Group focuses on Electrification and McLaren Engineering provides design, development, and testing services for the Mobility segment. Linamar’s medical solutions group, Linamar MedTech, focuses on manufacturing solutions for medical devices and precision medical components. Linamar has over 31,000 employees in 70 manufacturing locations, 14 R&D centres and 28 sales offices in 19 countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia, which generated sales of more than $7.9 billion in 2022.
