The Cost Accountant owns the accuracy of Dollamur’s product costs. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and working closely with Operations, this role maintains standard costs in the ERP system, analyzes purchase price and manufacturing variances, and turns cost data into clear insight into product and product-line margins for Finance, Operations, and Sales. The Cost Accountant partners with production, supply chain, and engineering to ensure bills of material, routings, labor, and overhead rates reflect how products are actually made, so that product costs support sound pricing and margin decisions. Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Maintains standard costs for raw materials, purchased components, labor, overhead, and finished goods in the ERP system; leads the periodic standard cost roll and interim updates for new or changed products.
- Develops and updates labor and overhead rates and the related absorption methodology based on budgeted volumes and actual spending.
- Validates bills of material and routings with Operations and Engineering; investigates and corrects missing or inaccurate components, units of measure, conversion factors, and labor hours.
- Analyzes purchase price, material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, scrap, and other manufacturing variances; identifies root causes and communicates findings and recommended actions to Finance and Operations.
- Ensures scrap, rework, and inventory adjustments are recorded accurately and consistently with company policy.
- Supports month-end close by preparing cost-related journal entries, accruals (including received-not-invoiced), account reconciliations, and variance reporting.
- Provides standard cost, production volume, and margin inputs for the annual budget and forecasts.
- Identifies and implements improvements in cost reporting, ERP data integrity, and automation to reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets.
- Assists with audit and review requests, internal control documentation, desk procedures, and standard operating procedures.
Qualifications - ERP experience required; Epicor ERP experience preferred.
- Three or more years of progressive cost accounting experience in a manufacturing industry, including direct responsibility for standard costing and variance analysis.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Ability to trace variances to their root cause in purchasing, production, or ERP data and communicate findings clearly to non-financial audiences.
- High level of attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
- Curiosity and initiative to question existing processes and drive improvements in cost accounting workflows.
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