Top Cost Accountant Jobs

The role involves procurement cost analysis, preparing and analyzing cost proposals, and ensuring accurate cost allocation, requiring experience in finance and cost accounting.

Analyze manufacturing costs, prepare financial reports, develop cost reduction strategies, and ensure compliance with accounting policies.

The Accountant II supports financial record-keeping, reporting, and compliance with GAAP, focuses on accounts payable, and assists with monthly accounting processes.

Analyze project, product, and job costs to evaluate profitability, identify variances, and support forecasting. Design and maintain cost-tracking tools in Microsoft Business Central, produce KPI dashboards and financial reports, assist month-end close and audits, and partner with Sales, Operations, Estimating, and Project Management to improve cost controls and decision-making.

Lead project cost accounting: analyze project costs and budgets, prepare forecasts and cost/statistical reports, support systems/policy development, mentor junior staff, perform internal audits, assist bids and resolve costing issues, and travel regionally to support operations.

Prepare monthly journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statement sections; maintain cost allocation tables; analyze budget variances, cost trends and allocations; support audits, system implementations, forecasting, and accounting research; mentor and train junior accountants; and participate in cross-functional projects, process improvements, and ad-hoc financial analysis.

Prepare and analyze manufacturing cost reports, maintain cost procedures, manage GL accounts (WIP, PPV, standard cost changes), perform SAP cost attachment and audits, support standard cost updates and inventory/cycle count analysis, and train colleagues on SAP cost logic.

Manage inventory and cost accounting activities including cycle counts, variance analysis (PPV, work orders), month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, consigned inventory, STD cost roll, E&O reporting, audit support, and process/system improvements.

Owns manufacturing cost accounting, financial analysis, forecasting, operational performance analysis, and decision support. Responsibilities include standard costing, inventory accounting, material, labor, and overhead variance analysis, identifying financial trends and risks, strengthening controls, developing recommendations, and communicating insights to finance and operations leadership. The role partners with senior finance and manufacturing stakeholders to support profitable growth.

The Senior Cost Accountant will manage product costs, report on margins, oversee inventory, perform account reconciliations, and assist in financial reporting and analysis to drive profitability.

The Senior Cost Accountant oversees financial management of product costs, inventory management, month-end journal entries, and variance analysis to support business decisions and profitability.

Owns cost accounting activities including month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, standard cost maintenance, inventory valuation, PPV and absorption analysis, and COGS reporting. Supports ERP validation and enhancements, develops audit-ready documentation, resolves inventory and transaction discrepancies, and partners with Supply Chain, Production, Program Management, and IT to improve financial controls and process consistency in a manufacturing environment.

Build and lead ANA’s cost accounting function for its manufacturing and distribution operations. Responsibilities include standard costing, inventory valuation, variance and margin analysis, ERP-based costing processes, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, audit support, and cost estimating. The role partners cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Service, and Finance to improve data quality, reporting, profitability visibility, and scalable financial processes. This is a fully onsite position in Henderson, Nevada.

Lead manufacturing cost accounting: analyze standard costs, variances, and inventory; perform month-end close, reporting, budgeting, forecasting; support audits, BOM and overhead reviews; identify cost savings and partner with operations and finance on profitability and process improvements.

The Senior Accountant will manage financial processes related to project and cost accounting, ensuring compliance with government contracts and accurate billing. Key tasks include tracking costs, preparing financial reports, and supporting audits.

Manage monthly cost accounting close, inventory reconciliations, and product cost analysis for a manufacturing environment. Analyze material, labor, overhead, WIP and finished goods costs, support month-end reporting, collaborate with operations/purchasing/engineering, improve ERP and costing processes, assist external auditors, and develop reporting tools and KPIs to drive profitability and process improvements.

Manage cost accounting for Machine Tools Division including recording, reconciling and analyzing costs, billing and invoicing, intercompany billing, inventory cycle counts, warranty and installation accounting, journal entries, and collaboration with operations and project managers to ensure accurate order fulfillment and financial reporting.

Build and maintain cost accounting function and systems for manufacturing inventory. Design inventory/BOM/routing processes, enforce US GAAP cost policies, perform variance and root-cause analyses, support month-end close and physical counts, manage inventory valuation/reserves, account for deployed battery systems, resolve discrepancies with operations/supply chain, and educate the business on inventory and costing practices.

The Senior Cost Accountant will manage cost accounting processes, conduct variance analyses, support inventory accounting, and drive operational efficiencies within the finance team.