Job Description

Cost Accountant

City Industry, CA

Experience level: All Experience Level

Experience required: 3 Years

Education level: Bachelor's degree

Job function: Accounting/Auditing

Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Total position: 1

Relocation assistance: Limited assistance

This role is responsible for managing manufacturing cost accounting, inventory controls, financial reporting, and cost analysis while partnering with operations to improve profitability and 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 cost variances and recommend 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, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Analyze gross margins, job profitability, purchase price variances, and manufacturing performance.
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting, product costing, and pricing decisions.
• Develop reports and dashboards to track costs, margins, and key performance indicators.
• Support inventory audits, internal controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits :

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays

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