A manufacturing client of ours near Chicago, IL is seeking a contract Senior Cost Accountant (Hybrid Role: 2-3 days in office).
Standard costing and manufacturing experience required.
GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Review and analyze standard costing
- Assess labor and overhead absorption / under-absorption
- Analyze BOMs, routings, work centers, and costing inputs
- Evaluate whether current costs appropriately reflect labor, overhead, material, and freight
- Support SKU / product family margin analysis
- Help normalize comparability issues across acquired businesses / legacy ERP treatment
- Identify gaps in current costing logic and recommend corrections
- Support management with practical analysis tied to pricing and profitability decisions
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or related field (required)
- Cost accounting experience in manufacturing environment (required).
- Experience with standard cost environments
- Comfortable working through plant / ops cost analysis
- Able to review BOMs, labor standards, overhead pools, and absorption methodology
- Experience in businesses with a mix of made-to-stock / standard products and more customized or job-shop style environments is a plus
- Able to work independently and move quickly with limited hand-holding
- Strong Excel skills required; ERP experience in manufacturing environments preferred
If you, or someone you know, is interested please apply today!
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