Job Description
Title: Cost Accountant
Location: Taneytown, MD
Shift: 1st Shift (Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Hire Type: Contract
Pay Rate: $36-39 per hour
Location: Taneytown, MD
Shift: 1st Shift (Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Hire Type: Contract
Pay Rate: $36-39 per hour
Compensation & Benefits:
As a contract employee of Sterling Engineering, you'll receive a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement Plan
Sterling Engineering is hiring a Cost Accountant for a growing manufacturing organization seeking an analytical accounting professional to support plant operations and financial reporting. This role offers a great opportunity to partner directly with operations leadership while owning key aspects of cost accounting, financial analysis, and month-end close activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare journal entries for month-end close activities in accordance with US GAAP
- Perform general ledger account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations using BlackLine
- Support month-end financial closing processes
- Analyze manufacturing costs, sales performance, and profit margins
- Manage and maintain the standard cost accounting system
- Process monthly accruals and reconcile month-end financial transactions
- Partner with operations leadership to analyze manufacturing performance and cost trends
- Ensure compliance with Corporate Accounting Policies and internal controls
- Adhere to SOX compliance requirements and maintain audit-ready documentation
Qualifications:
- Must have 3-5+ years of experience in cost accounting
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and general accounting principles
- Experience with month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting
- Knowledge of standard costing methodologies and manufacturing accounting practices
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Taneytown, MD |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $36–$39 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.