Job Description
Cost Accountant
$65k-$80k
On-Site | Dayton, OH
Our client is seeking a Cost Accountant with strong analytical skills to support accounting and financial reporting during a period of growth and internal change. This role requires someone who can independently analyze financial data, identify discrepancies, and resolve complex accounting issues.
Key Responsibilities of Cost Accountant
- Perform cost accounting, cost analysis, and variance analysis.
- Prepare and analyze financial and management reports.
- Support month-end close, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Cost Accountant will investigate discrepancies and identify root causes.
- Develop and maintain Excel-based reports and analyses.
- Analyze costs, margins, expenses, and financial trends.
- Support accounting process improvements and special projects.
- Partner with accounting and leadership to provide actionable financial insights.
Qualifications of Cost Accountant
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
- Cost Accountant should have progressive accounting or financial analysis experience.
- Cost accounting and financial reporting experience required.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups.
- Cost Accountant should have strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to independently research and resolve complex accounting issues.
- Manufacturing or product-based accounting experience preferred.
- Experience with standard costing, inventory accounting, or variance analysis is a plus.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Miamisburg, OH |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $65,000–$80,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Accounting Policiesunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Cost Accountingunmatched
- Cost Analysisunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Financial Trend Analysisunmatched
- Inventory Costingunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Pivot Tablesunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Reporting Skillsunmatched
- Research Skillsunmatched
- Root Cause Analysisunmatched
- Standard Costingunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
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