Cost Accountant

Location: City Industry, CA, 91748
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $95,000 per year

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to manage manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong manufacturing accounting expertise and the ability to partner with Operations and Engineering to improve cost accuracy, profitability, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze standard costs, job costs, bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.

• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead variances and recommend cost improvements.

• Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.

• Monitor inventory valuation, scrap, obsolete inventory, and cycle-count adjustments.

• Support month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

• Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.

• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.

• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.

• Develop cost reports and dashboards to track margins and key performance indicators.

• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong knowledge of standard costing, job costing, inventory accounting, overhead absorption, variance analysis, and month-end close.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.

• Experience with manufacturing ERP systems.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.