Cost Accounting Manager

Job summary

Maintain standard costs, absorption rates, and bills of materials, and investigate purchasing, usage, scrap, and labor variances to identify margin improvements. Lead cost accounting for special projects, month-end inventory reconciliations, resolution of historical costing discrepancies, and physical inventory counts.

Job details

Our client, a leader in the manufacturing industry, is looking for a Cost Accounting Manager. Reporting to the Controller, you will serve as the financial co-pilot to local plant leadership while acting as the functional finance lead for high-priority projects. Responsibilities: Re-engineer and maintain standard costs, labor/overhead absorption rates, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) across a high-volume, multi-shift plant environment. Investigate purchase price, usage, scrap, and labor variances; partner directly with production supervisors to translate floor metrics into margin improvements. Serve as the primary cost accounting SME during special projects. Lead month-end inventory reconciliations, resolve historical costing discrepancies across sales and operations, and oversee physical inventory counts. Requirements: 4+ years of dedicated standard costing experience within manufacturing. CPA designation. Hands-on experience with mid-to-tier-1 ERP platforms i.e. Microsoft Dynamics. Ability to independently drive initiatives on the plant floor while effectively reporting results to remote corporate leadership. If you’re interested in discussing this further, send your resume in word to Michelle Campanaro, CPA at michelle.campanaro@randstad.ca.

What you’ll do

Maintain standard costs, absorption rates, and bills of materials, and investigate purchasing, usage, scrap, and labor variances to identify margin improvements. Lead cost accounting for special projects, month-end inventory reconciliations, resolution of historical costing discrepancies, and physical inventory counts.

Requirements

Requires at least four years of dedicated standard costing experience in manufacturing and a CPA designation. Candidates should have hands-on experience with a mid-tier or tier-one ERP platform such as Microsoft Dynamics and be able to lead initiatives on the plant floor while reporting to remote corporate leadership.

Listed skills

• ERP systems · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Inventory Reconciliation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Standard Costing
• Cost Accounting
• Labor and Overhead Absorption
• Bills of Materials
• Variance Analysis
• Inventory Reconciliation
• Physical Inventory Management
• ERP Systems
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Manufacturing Finance
• Project Leadership
• Plant Operations Partnership
• Margin Improvement
• Financial Reporting

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership

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