Senior Cost Accountant

Location: Hillside, IL | Industry: Manufacturing | Employment Type: Full-Time

Senior Cost Accountant – Make a Meaningful Impact on Manufacturing Performance

Are you a commercially minded Senior Cost Accountant looking for an opportunity to influence business performance beyond the numbers? Join an established manufacturing organization where your expertise in cost accounting, inventory valuation, and standard costing will play a pivotal role in driving operational efficiency and profitability.

This Senior Cost Accountant opportunity is ideal for an analytical professional who enjoys partnering with operations, improving processes, and turning financial data into actionable business insights. You will have excellent cross-functional exposure, ownership of key cost accounting processes, and the opportunity to help shape decisions that directly impact manufacturing performance.

If you are ready to take ownership, build relationships across the business, and make your mark within a manufacturing environment, this Senior Cost Accountant position offers an exciting next step.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

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• Meaningful business influence: Partner directly with operational teams to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve efficiency, and enhance profitability.

  
  
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• Broad cross-functional exposure: Work closely with finance and operations, gaining valuable insight into the commercial and operational drivers of the business.

  
  
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• Ownership and autonomy: Take responsibility for standard costing, cost accounting processes, and inventory analysis, with scope to recommend and implement improvements.

  
  
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• Analytical challenge: Apply your technical expertise to complex costing questions, product pricing, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.

  
  
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• Continuous improvement: Help refine processes, strengthen reporting accuracy, and improve the quality of financial information used in business decisions.

  
  
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• Career development: Build on your manufacturing finance experience in a role that combines technical accounting expertise with commercial business partnering.

  
  
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Key Responsibilities

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• Lead and improve cost accounting processes in collaboration with the operational accounting team.

  
  
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• Develop and maintain standard costs, including labor and overhead rates, and manage annual standard cost updates.

  
  
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• Analyze inventory movements, valuation, and financial impacts arising from operational changes.

  
  
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• Support budgeting and forecasting through accurate, reliable cost data.

  
  
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• Develop new product cost estimates and contribute to product pricing decisions.

  
  
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• Oversee month-end production costing and inventory close activities, including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.

  
  
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• Identify opportunities to improve cost accounting processes, reporting accuracy, and operational efficiency.

  
  
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• Partner with operations to explain cost variances, assess financial performance against standards, and support cost-reduction initiatives.

  
  
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What You Will Bring

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• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field.

  
  
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• 5+ years of cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.

  
  
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• Strong knowledge of standard costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing processes, and GAAP.

  
  
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• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, ERP proficiency, and excellent analytical and communication abilities.

  
  
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Ready for your next career move? If you are a Senior Cost Accountant who wants to combine technical expertise with genuine operational impact, we encourage you to apply and explore this opportunity.

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