Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Cost Accountant to join our Finance team. This role is critical in ensuring accurate cost tracking, inventory valuation, and profitability analysis to support management decisions. The ideal candidate will have experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 (JDE 9.2) and a solid background in manufacturing or distribution cost accounting.

Key Responsibilities / Skills :

• Solid      understanding of GAAP and cost accounting principles with hands-on      experience in variance analysis, standard costing, and inventory      reconciliations.
• Strong      Excel and data analysis skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, reporting) to      support accurate financial insights.
• Maintain      and monitor the cost accounting system, ensuring accuracy of cost rolls,      bills of materials (BOMs), and routings.
• Analyze      manufacturing costs, variances, and margins, preparing detailed variance      analysis reports for management.
• Support      month-end and year-end close processes, including journal entries, account      reconciliations, and accruals.
• Monitor      and reconcile inventory transactions, ensuring alignment between perpetual      records and general ledger balances.
• Develop      and update standard costs for new and existing products.
• Review      work orders, purchase orders, and production reports to validate costs and      identify discrepancies.
• Partner      cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to      analyze cost drivers, address process inefficiencies, and identify      cost-saving opportunities.
• Prepare      and present management reports, including margin analysis, cost center      performance, and trend analysis.
• Provide      schedules and documentation to support internal and external audits.
• Recommend      and implement process improvements, strengthen internal controls, and      enhance cost accounting system utilization.
• Strong      communication and problem-solving skills to effectively collaborate across      teams and present financial insights to management.

Required Qualifications :

Benefits :

At Dunham-Bush, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusivity is what keeps our company relevant, competitive, and resilient. We welcome people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Dunham-Bush is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.

We are a Drug-Free Workplace; employment subject to passing a drug test.

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