Top Cost Accountant Jobs

Analyze cost data, maintain product costing and overhead rates, investigate manufacturing variances, support inventory accuracy and reconciliations, assist month‑end reporting, audits, intercompany balancing, tax filings, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supports manufacturing cost and inventory accounting, month-end close, financial reporting, reconciliations, inventory valuation, standard cost and variance analysis, controls, audits, and process improvement. Partners with Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and Finance teams to investigate trends, improve reporting, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.

Partner with Operations to manage process order variances, product costing, inventory reconciliation, month-end close, budgeting, and KPI dashboards. Perform variance analysis, support loss eradication and cost-savings initiatives, run cost simulations in SAP, prepare financial presentations for leadership, and provide ad-hoc decision support and analytics for operations and finance stakeholders.

Analyzes and reports cost-related financial data, maintains standard costs, monitors variances, oversees inventory valuation and reconciliation, prepares journal entries, leads month-end close, develops cost models, supports budgeting and forecasting, ensures GAAP and internal-control compliance, assists with audits, and contributes to ERP enhancements. Partners with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance to improve cost structures and support business decisions.

Manages manufacturing product and project costing, profitability analysis, monthly financial reporting, gross margin reconciliations, cost variance analysis, inventory and work order valuation, audits, SOX compliance, and internal controls. Supports management with actual cost analysis and cost-saving initiatives. Requires strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, advanced Excel skills, and international travel.

Responsible for product and project costing, profitability analysis, monthly operational reporting, gross margin reconciliation, cost variance analysis, inventory and work-order valuation, audits, SOX compliance, and internal controls. Supports management with actual cost analysis, project profitability reviews, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and cost-saving initiatives in a manufacturing environment.

Manufacturing Cost Accountant responsible for product and project costing, profitability analysis, monthly operational reporting, gross margin reconciliation, cost variance analysis, inventory and work order valuation, audits, SOX compliance, and internal controls. The role supports management with actual cost analysis and cost-saving initiatives while using ERP and advanced Excel skills for financial modeling and reporting. This is an onsite position requiring international travel.

Manage manufacturing product and project costing, monthly financial reporting, gross margin reconciliations, cost variance analysis, inventory and work order valuation, audits, SOX compliance, internal controls, and profitability initiatives. Support management with actual cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and cost-saving programs. The role is onsite in Poestenkill, New York, and requires international travel.

The Cost Accountant manages cost accounting transactions, ensures inventory valuation accuracy, prepares financial reports, and partners with operation teams to reduce costs.

Analyze manufacturing costs, maintain standard cost models, perform variance and margin analysis, support financial close, budgeting and forecasting, identify cost savings with operations and supply chain, ensure compliance with accounting policies, and participate in ERP and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Senior Cost Accountant supports month-end close, inventory accounting, COGS, manufacturing variances, standard costing, reconciliations, and audit activities. The role partners with operations on forecasting, budgets, strategic planning, capital spending, and cost-reduction initiatives. Responsibilities include variance analysis, bills of materials, product costing, financial modeling, KPI reporting, inventory valuation, cycle counts, and SAP/ERP enhancements.

The Cost Accountant role involves maintaining cost records, preparing estimates for modular projects, and ensuring accuracy in financial data and project costs.

Manage manufacturing cost accounting, month-end close, inventory valuation, journal entries, standard costing, variance analysis, reconciliations, reserves, and financial reporting. Lead inventory risk and excess-obsolescence reviews, standard cost roll processes, audits, physical inventory coordination, budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements. Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, and Product Management while maintaining ERP data, reporting, procedures, and analytics.

Maintain and review corporate cost accounting functions, including product costing methodology, bills of manufacture, monthly results, financial analysis, forecasts, budgets, audits, documentation, reporting, and ad hoc projects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and complete process improvements while ensuring manufacturing costs and financial results are accurate.

Analyzes manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, overhead, inventory, and production variances. Prepares cost reports, supports budgeting, forecasting, audits, and month- and year-end close. Reviews bills of materials, maintains cost accounting systems, reconciles inventory, identifies cost-saving opportunities, and supports pricing and profitability decisions. Partners with production, operations, supply chain, engineering, and finance teams to improve cost accuracy and efficiency.

Analyzes and maintains product costs, inventory valuation, manufacturing variances, and operational financial reporting. Supports budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, inventory controls, cost reduction initiatives, and financial modeling. Partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Finance leadership to improve profitability and manufacturing performance. Maintains SAP costing data, develops dashboards, ensures GAAP and internal-control compliance, and communicates actionable insights to plant management.

Perform manufacturing cost accounting and variance analysis, maintain standard costing and inventory valuation, support S&OP, monitor CAPEX/OPEX, optimize working capital, build ROI/business cases, and create Power BI management reports while partnering with cross-functional teams.

The Cost Accountant manages cost calculations, variance analysis, supports ERP processes, and ensures internal controls in a manufacturing context.

Analyzes manufacturing standard and actual costs, variances, overhead, inventory, margins, and operational expenses. Partners with production, engineering, supply chain, quoting, and operations teams to identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, support cost-improvement initiatives, and reduce financial risk. Prepares variance, productivity, budget, profitability, and inventory reports while contributing to special projects and process improvements.

Oversee daily manufacturing financial performance at a plant: investigate issues, prepare monthly performance dashboards, update forecasts, set the plant budget, and report variances to forecast and budget.

Monitor and analyze inventory valuation, production run rates, variances, material and freight costs. Develop and maintain standard costs, process monthly cost allocations and closings, manage inventory master data and BOMs, support physical inventories and audits, prepare sales/use tax returns, document procedures, assist EDI onboarding, and perform periodic plant visits to improve costing accuracy and efficiency.

Perform cost accounting and FP&A analysis for light manufacturing: own standard cost and variance analysis, translate operational drivers into forecasts, partner with plant operations, support month‑end close, produce ad‑hoc analyses, and communicate findings and recommendations to leadership.

The Cost Accountant analyzes material and labor costs, maintains the cost accounting system, ensures inventory accuracy, and develops annual budgets.

Analyze and monitor manufacturing costs, perform variance and margin analysis, maintain inventory valuation per GAAP, support month- and year-end closes, prepare cost reports, and collaborate with operations to improve costing and controls.

Manage and analyze manufacturing product costs, including material, labor, overhead, inventory valuation, and variances. Support pricing, month-end close, budgeting/forecasting, ERP cost systems, and cross-functional process improvements to improve profitability and operational efficiency.