Senior Cost Accountant
Compensation: $90,000 – $115,000
Ready to step into a Senior Cost Accountant role with high visibility and real impact?
This Senior Cost Accountant opportunity gives you ownership of plant financials at a flagship site, positioning you for advancement into leadership.
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Why This Senior Cost Accountant Role Stands Out
• Serve as a key Senior Cost Accountant at the largest site with significant budget responsibility
• Clear path for a Senior Cost Accountant to advance into Accounting Manager or Controller roles
• Direct exposure as a Senior Cost Accountant to plant leadership and executive decision-making
• Collaborative, tight-knit finance team where a Senior Cost Accountant has meaningful influence
• Opportunity for a Senior Cost Accountant to drive performance through cost insights and analysis
• Hands-on, full-scope responsibilities — not siloed like many Senior Cost Accountant roles
• Strong base salary plus comprehensive benefits
• Stable, global manufacturing environment with long-term growth opportunities
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What You’ll Own as a Senior Cost Accountant
• Lead month-end and year-end close, including journals, reconciliations, and KPI reporting
• Analyze financial results, identify variances, and deliver actionable insights
• Manage standard costing systems (BOMs, routings, labor, overhead)
• Oversee inventory accounting, cycle counts, and discrepancy resolution
• Partner cross-functionally to improve plant financial performance
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What You Bring to This Senior Cost Accountant Role
• 4+ years of accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong cost accounting experience, including standard cost systems (BOMs, routers)
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• ERP experience (SAP or similar preferred)
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Ideal Senior Cost Accountant Profile
• Self-directed and proactive problem solver
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Operations and Supply Chain
• Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into business decisions
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| Location | Downers Grove, IL |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $90,000–$115,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
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.


