Senior Cost Accountant
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Scottdale, GA, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
- 5+ years of senior-level accounting experience.
- Strong hands-on manufacturing accounting experience required.
- Strong hands-on cost accounting experience required.
- Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing cost structures and cost flows required.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, inventory valuation, COGS, WIP, finished goods, and manufacturing variances.
- Experience analyzing direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, production costs, and cost variances.
- Experience reconciling inventory and investigating inventory adjustments and discrepancies.
- Strong understanding of how operational manufacturing activity impacts the general ledger and financial statements.
- Experience supporting product costing, pricing analysis, gross margin analysis, or manufacturing profitability preferred.
- Strong knowledge of intercompany accounting.
- Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks Online.
- Knowledge of NetSuite ERP is preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies and determine the underlying cause rather than simply correcting the accounting entry.
- Ability to communicate financial and cost information clearly to non-accounting departments.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently while collaborating effectively with management and cross-functional teams.
- Must reside in Georgia and be available to work on-site, in person, on a full-time basis.
- Must be eligible and willing to work as a W-2 employee.
Full description
Role: Senior Cost Accountant
Location: Decatur, Georgia – On-Site
Job Type: Full-Time, W-2, In-Person
Position Summary
Better Planet and Warehouse Sales & Services is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant to provide full-time accounting support for multiple companies. This is a full-time, on-site, in-person W-2 position based in Georgia.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in manufacturing cost accounting, inventory accounting, production accounting, financial reporting, intercompany accounting, and QuickBooks Online. This position requires more than general ledger and bookkeeping experience. The successful candidate must understand how costs move through a manufacturing environment-from purchasing and inventory through work orders, production, labor, overhead, finished goods, sales, and ultimately the financial statements.
The Senior Cost Accountant will be expected to analyze manufacturing costs, identify discrepancies, support accurate inventory valuation, evaluate production and inventory adjustments, and provide management with reliable financial information for decision-making. Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles within a manufacturing company is required.
The successful candidate will be highly analytical, organized, detail-oriented, and capable of independently identifying accounting discrepancies and determining their root causes. This individual will work closely with management, operations, purchasing, warehouse, production, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely completion of accounting activities.
Key Responsibilities
Manufacturing & Cost Accounting - Core Responsibility
- Perform and oversee manufacturing cost accounting activities, including analysis of direct materials, direct labor, manufacturing overhead, work-in-process (WIP), and finished goods.
- Understand and analyze the full manufacturing cost flow from raw materials through production and finished goods.
- Review and analyze production costs to determine whether costs are being properly captured, classified, allocated, and reported.
- Perform inventory accounting and valuation, including investigation of inventory variances, adjustments, discrepancies, write-offs, and unusual movements.
- Analyze material usage, labor costs, manufacturing overhead, production variances, and other cost drivers.
- Review work orders and production-related transactions to identify accounting or costing discrepancies.