Financial Analyst Vaco LLC
Upland, CA1 day ago
- $90,000–$100,000 Per Year
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Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Accounting Softwareunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
- Cost Accountingunmatched
- Cost Analysisunmatched
- Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)unmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Setsunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Inventory Costsunmatched
- Inventory Cycle Countsunmatched
- Inventory Managementunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing Costunmatched
- Medical Equipmentunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- NetSuiteunmatched
- Oracleunmatched
- Physical Inventoryunmatched
- Pivot Tablesunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Product Costingunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- SAPunmatched
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
- Spanish Languageunmatched
- Standard Costingunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
- Variance Analysisunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
Description
Cost Accounting Analyst
Location: Irvine, CA (On-site)
Type: Contract (approx. 34 months), 40 hrs/week
Department: Accounting / Manufacturing Finance
Job Summary
The Cost Accountant supports the cost accounting team with day-to-day manufacturing finance activities, including inventory and cost-of-goods analysis, variance reporting, and month-end close support. This role has an emphasis on job costing, labor/overhead support, standard cost maintenance assistance, and inventory reconciliations, while helping ensure key inventory/manufacturing controls are completed accurately and on time.
Duties & Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Education
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Location: Irvine, CA (On-site)
Type: Contract (approx. 34 months), 40 hrs/week
Department: Accounting / Manufacturing Finance
Job Summary
The Cost Accountant supports the cost accounting team with day-to-day manufacturing finance activities, including inventory and cost-of-goods analysis, variance reporting, and month-end close support. This role has an emphasis on job costing, labor/overhead support, standard cost maintenance assistance, and inventory reconciliations, while helping ensure key inventory/manufacturing controls are completed accurately and on time.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with month-end close activities for cost accounting, including support for journal entries and account reconciliations.
- Help prepare and analyze product costs, manufacturing variances, and other COGS-related reporting.
- Support standard cost updates and maintain cost data (BOM/routings and related cost inputs) in partnership with operations/manufacturing teams.
- Assist with labor and overhead rate support (basic calculations, data pulls, trend reporting).
- Support inventory reconciliations (including intercompany inventory/profit where applicable).
- Assist with cycle counts and physical inventories (coordination support, variance research, documentation).
- Support warranty and E&O (excess & obsolete) analysis and reporting.
- Pull and analyze data from the ERP/accounting system to support cost-of-goods reporting and ad hoc requests.
- Help maintain documentation for inventory/manufacturing SOX controls and support audit requests as needed.
- Participate in process improvement efforts to streamline close and reporting activities.
- Perform other projects as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- 4+ years of accounting experience with exposure to cost accounting (manufacturing environment strongly preferred).
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups; comfort working with large data sets).
- Working knowledge of inventory, COGS, and basic variance analysis concepts.
- High attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable partnering with operations/manufacturing stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Exposure to standard costing, BOM/routings, or labor/overhead concepts.
- Experience with ERP systems (any major ERP is fineSAP/Oracle/NetSuite/etc.).
- Experience in a medical device / regulated / lot-controlled environment.
- Spanish (written/spoken) a plus.
Education
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business (or equivalent experience).
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Irvine, CA |
| Salary | $40–$50 |
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