Cost Accountant | Manufacturing

City of Industry, CA | Full-Time | On-Site

Yanny Almanzar
Senior Recruiter | Heartline Staffing
Call or Text: 917-487-4211
Email: Yanny@heartlinestaffing.com

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Heartline Staffing is recruiting an experienced Cost Accountant for a full-time, on-site manufacturing opportunity in the City of Industry, California area.

Responsibilities

Manufacturing Cost Accounting

• Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
• Maintain and analyze bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
• Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.

Inventory & WIP

• Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation and manufacturing inventory activity.
• Analyze scrap and obsolete inventory.
• Review and support cycle-count adjustments.
• Support inventory audits and internal controls.

Month-End & Financial Reporting

• Support month-end close activities.
• Prepare and support journal entries, account reconciliations, and accruals.
• Support manufacturing-related financial reporting.
• Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.

Business Partnership & Analysis

• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Support product-costing and pricing decisions.
• Analyze manufacturing performance and profitability.
• Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.

Travel

Approximately 20% domestic travel to company sites may be required.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field REQUIRED
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment REQUIRED
• Experience with standard costing and job costing REQUIRED
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and WIP accounting REQUIRED
• Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption REQUIRED
• Experience analyzing material, labor, freight, and overhead variances REQUIRED
• Experience supporting manufacturing month-end close REQUIRED
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis REQUIRED
• Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems REQUIRED
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 20% to company sites REQUIRED

Not ready to formally apply? That's completely fine. Many professionals prefer a confidential conversation first. Call or text Yanny directly at 917-487-4211.