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Senior Cost Accountant

CFS
  • Blue Mounds, WI
  • $90,000–$120,000 Per Year
5 days ago
CFS

Job Description



Senior Cost Accountant


Salary: $90,000-$120,000 + 8% Bonus

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:


• Join a financially strong, stable organization with excellent employee longevity and a collaborative culture.
• Play a highly visible role partnering directly with Accounting, Sales, Quality, and Executive Leadership.
• Become a key contributor in improving costing processes, margin analysis, and operational decision-making.
• Gain exposure to a company investing in technology and continuous improvement, including Sage ERP initiatives.
• Work for a growing organization backed by private equity with additional opportunities through its sister company, Gilman Cheese Corporation.
• Enjoy meaningful influence on profitability through product costing, pricing analysis, and process improvements.
• Benefit from a competitive compensation package including an 8% bonus, strong retirement match, generous PTO, and company-paid insurance benefits.
• Join a company where experienced leadership welcomes new ideas and values employees who want to make an impact.

Key Responsibilities for the Senior Cost Accountant:


• Maintain and improve standard costing processes for inventory, labor, and overhead.
• Perform variance analysis and provide insights on cost drivers and profitability trends.
• Analyze product margins and partner with Sales and leadership on pricing and profitability decisions.
• Develop and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs) and product cost estimates.
• Support ERP optimization efforts and become a key Sage X3 resource.
• Prepare reporting and analysis that supports operational and strategic decision-making.

Qualifications for the Senior Cost Accountant:


• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred.
• 2+ years of manufacturing cost accounting experience or public accounting experience supporting manufacturing clients.
• Advanced Excel skills, including functions such as XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and data analysis tools.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationBlue Mounds, WI
IndustryFinancial Services
Salary$90,000–$120,000 Per Year
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Year Founded1994
Websitehttp://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.

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Skills

  • Accountingunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Cost Accountingunmatched
  • Cost Analysisunmatched
  • Cost Estimatesunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Data Analysisunmatched
  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Inventory Costingunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Manufacturing Costunmatched
  • Marginal Costingunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Operational Strategyunmatched
  • Operational Supportunmatched
  • Partner Salesunmatched
  • Pricingunmatched
  • Process Analysisunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Product Costingunmatched
  • Product Pricingunmatched
  • Product Profitabilityunmatched
  • Profit & Lossunmatched
  • Public Accountingunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • Salesunmatched
  • Standard Costingunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Variance Analysisunmatched

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