Job Description
Job DescriptionWe are looking for a Staff Accountant to support a confidential aerospace manufacturing organization in North Hollywood, California. This Contract position is well suited for an accounting specialist who is comfortable working in a production-focused environment and can contribute across cost accounting, inventory, and financial close activities. The role offers the opportunity to work closely with operations while helping maintain accurate financial data and meaningful manufacturing cost insight.
Responsibilities:
• Contribute to monthly and annual closing processes by preparing journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and assisting with financial statement support.
• Manage core cost accounting activities by reviewing product costs, examining standard cost performance, and identifying drivers behind manufacturing variances.
• Evaluate spending across labor, materials, and overhead to improve the accuracy of reporting and provide visibility into production economics.
• Support inventory accounting through balance reconciliations, cycle count follow-up, and review of inventory-related transactions.
• Collaborate with production and operations personnel to monitor plant performance and help strengthen cost control efforts.
• Prepare costing analyses that highlight margin impact, changes in production inputs, and trends affecting profitability.
• Review raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods balances to help ensure proper valuation and reporting.
• Assist in maintaining accounting and inventory control procedures that support compliance and reliable manufacturing finance data.
• Provide audit support by organizing schedules, account detail, and documentation for internal or external review.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives designed to increase efficiency within accounting and manufacturing finance workflows.