Top Cost Accountant Jobs

The Cost Accountant maintains accounting records, reviews P&L and balance sheet accounts, reconciles variances, supports month-end close, and prepares forecasts and budgets. The role partners with Finance and Operations to improve metrics, ensure accurate reporting, address accounting risks, and follow regulatory and company reporting requirements.

Maintains and controls computerized cost accounting and inventory systems. Prepares cost analyses covering labor, materials, overhead, and estimates using historical data. Implements and follows cost accounting policies, systems, and procedures while supporting management reporting in an automotive manufacturing environment.

Manage month-end and year-end close, product costing, cost and variance analysis, inventory accounting, intercompany transactions, fixed assets, cash management, reconciliations, audits, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting for a manufacturing operation. The role develops accounting controls and processes while partnering with operational teams and financial controllers to support business decisions and compliance.

Manages site finance and controlling activities, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audits, month-end close, cost accounting, product costing, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and capital expenditure tracking. Partners with operations and other departments to identify cost drivers, implement corrective actions, and support business decisions. Coordinates with global finance functions, external auditors, and government authorities.

Analyzes manufacturing costs, budgets, variances, inventory valuation, and operational performance. Supports month-end and year-end close, standard costing, fixed assets, capital expenditures, budgeting, internal controls, and audits. Partners with Production and Supply Chain teams to identify cost drivers, investigate variances, and implement corrective actions across manufacturing facilities.

Manufacturing Cost Accountant analyzes production costs, budgets, standard costing, inventory valuation, and manufacturing variances. The role supports month-end and year-end close, budgeting, fixed assets, internal controls, audits, and financial reporting while partnering with Production and Supply Chain teams. It also maintains manufacturing master data, inventory reserves, and capital expenditure accounting across two facilities.

The Cost Accountant will manage manufacturing cost accounting, inventory, WIP, job costing, standard costs, variance analysis, reconciliations, and manufacturing-related journal entries. The role also oversees key accounts payable controls, supports inventory counts and month-end close, investigates cost discrepancies with Operations and Purchasing, and improves ERP-based reporting and accounting processes.

Performs cost accounting for a manufacturing operation, including standard costing, inventory and cost error resolution, variance analysis, period-end close activities, reconciliations, budgeting, inventory counts, and audit support. The role improves cost standards and processes, provides analytical support to management, partners across departments, and ensures compliance with accounting and company requirements.

Performs cost and general accounting for a manufacturing operation while executing SOX testing, SAP controls reviews, audits, reconciliations, and financial close activities. The role prepares audit workpapers, supports U.S. GAAP reporting, reviews inventory and revenue accounting, maintains control documentation, and drives process improvements across Finance, Operations, Internal Audit, and external auditors.

The Cost Accountant manages inventory and manufacturing costing, month-end close activities, standard costs, variance analysis, reconciliations, and cost roll-ups. The role supports budgeting, audits, KPI tracking, product costing, and manufacturing performance analysis while collaborating with plant and finance teams. Plant-floor engagement is required to validate costing assumptions and improve margins. The position also maintains ERP inventory data, supports finance projects, and may travel to other plant locations.

Analyze and maintain product standard costs, track material/labor/overhead variances, support inventory valuation and monthly close, prepare cost reports, reconcile production work orders, and partner with plant teams to identify cost-saving opportunities and ensure accurate financial reporting and controls.

Performs month-end close, general ledger reconciliations, inventory and cost accounting, variance analysis, fixed asset accounting, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, project billings, and audit support. Partners with purchasing and cross-functional departments to manage standard costs, manufacturing expenses, inventory reserves, compliance reporting, and financial process improvements.

Supports plant finance and manufacturing accounting through standard cost rollups, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, operations reporting, bill of materials and routing maintenance, product cost integrity, invoice processing, account mapping, and plant close activities. The role requires collaboration with manufacturing plants, attention to detail, and adherence to accounting policies and schedules.

Manages cost accounting, standard and actual costing, inventory valuation, reconciliations, manufacturing cost reporting, month-end close, profitability analysis, and physical inventory processes. Supports audits, strengthens internal controls, improves costing processes, and provides financial analyses and management reporting. Serves as the Finance liaison for business intelligence and reporting while collaborating with Finance, Operations, Procurement, and other departments.

Supports accounting for a semiconductor wafer fabrication site, including monthly and quarterly close, P&L and balance sheet reporting, capital accounting, inventory valuation, costing, R&D accounting, internal controls, and US GAAP compliance. Partners with finance, operations, tax, procurement, and logistics teams on performance reviews, cost reduction, compliance, analysis, and process improvements. Owns capital project reviews, capitalization requests, audits, and accounting excellence initiatives.

Performs general accounting activities including account reconciliations, month-end close, cost allocation, financial reporting, inventory support, internal audit assistance, and compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SEC requirements. Coordinates with internal departments and external parties, improves accounting processes, supports special projects, and handles ad hoc assignments.

Supports month-, quarter-, and year-end accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, audits, variance analysis, inventory transactions, and manufacturing cost accounting. Partners with the Controller and site operations to research financial data, resolve AP and receiving variances, support physical inventory, and provide recommendations. Requires advanced Excel skills, strong analytical abilities, and occasional travel to manufacturing facilities.

Supports plant accounting, month-end close, manufacturing cost accounting, inventory reconciliation and valuation, standard and job cost maintenance, burden rate management, variance analysis, budgeting, and profitability reporting. Partners with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve cost controls, validate manufacturing standards, resolve inventory discrepancies, and support compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Manages manufacturing cost accounting, inventory valuation, standard costs, margin analysis, and cost-reduction initiatives. Supports daily and monthly P&Ls, forecasts, budgets, operating plans, physical inventory counts, ERP upgrades, and lean manufacturing initiatives. Ensures compliance with US GAAP and company costing policies while partnering with operations, engineering, procurement, and inventory teams.

Supports SAP implementation, monthly close, journal entries, cost accounting, standard costing, inventory reconciliations, cycle counts, reserves, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. Performs variance analysis, audit support, and manufacturing cost analysis while collaborating with operations, supply chain, and engineering. The role is temporary, onsite in Chestnut Ridge, New York, with potential conversion to full-time.

The Cost Accountant supports controllership by managing inventory costing, WIP analysis, project costing, production variances, cost allocations, and financial reconciliations. The role partners with operations and finance teams, maintains internal controls and GAAP compliance, supports audits, develops costing methodologies, analyzes inventory and freight costs, and drives automation and process improvements across manufacturing and project-based accounting workflows.

Performs cost accounting for a manufacturing site, including standard costing, BOM and routing maintenance, inventory valuation, production order monitoring, variance analysis, quotation costing, budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close support. The role ensures manufacturing cost accuracy, supports operational performance and cost control, and contributes to continuous improvement. Occasional travel is required.

Cost Accountant responsible for inventory controls, product costing, inventory reconciliations, accounts receivable support, cost impact analysis, physical inventories, financial close activities, management reporting, audit support, and internal control improvements in a manufacturing environment.

Supports product costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing reporting, period-end close, reconciliations, variance analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls. The role partners with Operations, Engineering, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and plant leadership to improve cost visibility, inventory accuracy, margins, and manufacturing performance. Level II owns standard-cost methodology, annual cost rolls, financial modeling, operational reporting, and cross-functional initiatives.

Monitors and analyzes inventory valuation, production costs, manufacturing variances, material prices, freight costs, and standard costing. Maintains inventory master data, bills of materials, routings, and product structures; supports inventory counts, tax filings, month-end close, EDI partner onboarding, and process documentation. Periodically visits manufacturing facilities to understand cost drivers and improve costing accuracy.