Cost Accountant
Location: Souderton, PA (On-site)
About the Company
Join a well-established, family-owned leader in the agriculture and food production industry with more than 1,000 employees across the Northeast. The organization specializes in animal nutrition, protein production and processing, agricultural services, grain procurement, and manufacturing operations. With over a century of history and a strong commitment to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement, the company offers long-term career stability, competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and a collaborative work environment.
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to support our manufacturing operations by developing, maintaining, and analyzing product costing systems and financial reporting. This individual will partner closely with Operations, Engineering, FP&A, and Finance leadership to ensure accurate inventory valuation, product costing, variance analysis, and operational reporting while driving continuous process improvements.
This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who enjoys working closely with manufacturing leadership and making a direct impact on operational performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate inventory costing and reporting across manufacturing operations.
- Develop, review, and maintain standard costing models within the ERP system.
- Partner with Industrial Engineering to establish and maintain accurate product cost standards.
- Support month-end and year-end financial close activities related to manufacturing accounting.
- Prepare cost accounting, production, and inventory reports for management.
- Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, material, overhead, and production efficiency.
- Review and maintain labor and overhead rates utilized within Bills of Materials (BOMs).
- Perform product line profitability and margin analysis.
- Assist Operations and FP&A with capital expenditure analysis and ROI calculations.
- Monitor operating expenses and provide variance analysis against budget, forecasts, and prior periods.
- Build and maintain management reporting utilizing Excel, Power BI, and ERP reporting tools.
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting for manufacturing costs.
- Perform ad hoc financial and operational analyses to support business decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, financial controls, and operational efficiencies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.
- 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
- Experience with standard costing required.
- Food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of:
- Inventory accounting
- Manufacturing cost accounting
- Standard costing methodologies
- Variance analysis
- Financial reporting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex financial models.
- Experience with ERP systems (manufacturing ERP experience preferred).
- Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence/reporting tools is a plus.
Desired Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and operations teams.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on process optimization.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, FP&A, and Executive Leadership.