Job Description
Job Description
A growing manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced Plant Cost Accountant to join its finance team located in Mount Laurel NJ. This position will play an important role in monitoring manufacturing expenses, maintaining accurate product and inventory costs, analyzing financial results, and providing management with meaningful information to support business decisions.
The Cost Accountant will work closely with plant management, operations, purchasing, supply chain, engineering, and finance to understand cost drivers, identify variances, improve reporting accuracy, and help the organization maintain strong financial controls.
- Manage and maintain product and manufacturing cost information within the company’s ERP system.
- Establish and update costing for materials, direct labor, overhead, and other production-related expenses.
- Review monthly manufacturing results and investigate differences between actual and expected costs.
- Analyze material usage, labor, overhead, purchasing, and production variances and communicate findings to leadership.
- Assist with the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, with a focus on inventory and manufacturing-related accounts.
- Perform inventory reconciliations and research discrepancies between the general ledger and inventory systems.
- Monitor raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods to ensure inventory is properly valued.
- Coordinate and assist with physical inventory counts and ongoing cycle count activities.
- Prepare financial reports and analysis related to cost of goods sold, gross margin, manufacturing performance, and product costs.
- Collaborate with purchasing, operations, engineering, and supply chain teams to evaluate expenses and improve costing accuracy.
- Assist with annual budgets, financial forecasts, and projections related to manufacturing operations and inventory.
- Assist with costing for new products, production changes, and new manufacturing initiatives.
- Ensure accounting practices and procedures are consistent with company policies, GAAP, and applicable internal control requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- 2–5+ years of experience in cost accounting, manufacturing accounting, or a similar financial role.
- Experience working within a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.