Cost Accountant Jobs

Vaco has partnered with an industry-leading manufacturing company to help them find a Cost Accountant for their growing accounting and finance team. This is a hybrid role with 2/3 days per week in the office and 2/3 days per week remote.
The main duties for this role will be:

• Preparing and reviewing journal entries with a focus on different types of inventories
• Design, implement, and monitor accounting processes with a focus on inventory and production costs
• Support audit and tax preparation work and provide documents and assistance for external consultants for tax and audit projects
• Calculating inventory related costs of production
• Heavy involvement with Month End Close activities for several business divisions and separate entities
• Review P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliations

Create and perform extensive cost analysis related to:
Labor rates
Labor usage
Machine usage
PPV
Material usage
Budget vs actual root cause variances
Other areas of focus for this newly created position due to growth will be:
--To look at changes in services provided, raw materials, product packaging design, and methods of manufacturing to determine and report on effects on costs.
--To work with Operations and Production leaders to reduce product costs and develop reports and analysis of the efficiency levels of manufacturing.
--To be responsible for designing and implementing robust procurement and inventory management controls including inventory accuracy/valuation, assisting with balance sheet reserves, other items as appropriate.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing refinement of efficiencies within the company and will provide the opportunity for senior leadership to see your reports, metrics, and hear your analysis. If you are interested in learning more about this opening and our manufacturing client, please apply and we will contact you to set up a confidential phone call.