Senior Cost Accountant

Kforce's client, a growing consumer products organization in Cincinnati, OH, is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant to play a key role in strengthening cost visibility, improving operational performance, and supporting strategic business decisions across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly manufacturing close process, ensuring accurate recording of costs, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Analyze plant and operational cost performance to provide meaningful business insights and support decision-making
• Prepare recurring manufacturing and operational reporting packages for leadership
• Monitor supply chain cost drivers, including vendor pricing, freight, import duties, and procurement activity to ensure accurate financial treatment
• Analyze and explain cost of sales variances against budget and forecast
• Evaluate Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing efficiencies, labor utilization, scrap, and yield performance to identify trends and opportunities
• Partner with operations teams to improve financial visibility and support operational excellence initiatives
• Lead annual standard cost updates and support development of cost of sales budgets
• Maintain and enhance standard product costing methodologies
• Develop and manage Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, and cost structures for new and existing products
• Support new product launches through detailed product costing and margin analysis
• Partner with commercial and business teams to evaluate pricing and profitability opportunities
• Support annual audit activities related to inventory, manufacturing operations, and cost accounting
• Assist with financial and tax-related reporting requirements
• Coordinate and oversee physical inventory counts and cycle count processes across internal and third-party locations
• Ensure strong financial controls and inventory accuracy across operations