Cost Accountant Analyst

Overview:

Join a dynamic team in the Ashland area as a Cost Accountant Analyst, where your analytical skills will play a vital role in shaping operational strategies and enhancing financial performance. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact decision-making processes and collaborate closely with leadership in a rapidly evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the month-end closing process, ensuring precise and timely financial entries and reconciliations in accordance with internal controls.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting activities by providing strategic and operational insights.
• Conduct variance analysis across production, inventory, and expenditures to identify trends and discrepancies.
• Maintain and validate standard cost models and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Analyze cost variances and propose corrective actions to optimize financial performance.
• Monitor fixed cost absorption and support initiatives to improve profit margins.
• Coordinate the annual standard cost roll processes to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Integrate financial insights with production and inventory data to provide actionable insights.
• Embed key financial metrics into plant performance indicators and dashboards.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives across financial and operational processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting with a focus on manufacturing cost accounting; experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) is advantageous.
• Proven ability to prepare comprehensive financial reports and offer data-driven recommendations.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, processes, and controls.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Excel is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions, with a practical and solution-oriented mindset.
• Capability to translate financial data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, coupled with strong organizational abilities.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

This role is designed for those who seek more than just routine accounting tasks. With relocation assistance, a profit-sharing plan, a retirement plan with company matching, stock options, and an annual flexible reimbursement program, this position offers a comprehensive benefits package. Your expertise will not only be valued but will actively shape the financial and operational landscape.