Cost Accountant

We are looking for a detail-oriented Cost Accountant to support manufacturing finance activities in Trevor, Wisconsin. This role focuses on product costing, inventory accuracy, and timely financial reporting while working closely with operations, purchasing, production, and finance partners. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, manufacturing accounting knowledge, and the ability to identify opportunities that improve cost visibility and operating performance.

Responsibilities:
• Manage and refine standard costs for raw materials, labor, and overhead to keep product costing current and reliable.
• Review bills of materials and production routings to confirm they accurately reflect manufacturing methods and resource usage.
• Examine variances across materials, labor, overhead, scrap, and output, then communicate findings and practical recommendations to improve margins.
• Partner with operations and supply chain teams to align costing assumptions with actual plant activity, purchasing trends, and production processes.
• Calculate and maintain annual labor and overhead rates used in standard costing based on budget expectations and operational performance.
• Reconcile inventory-related accounts, prepare supporting journal entries, and investigate differences between subledger and general ledger balances.
• Monitor inventory valuation, reserves, obsolete stock, and slow-moving items to support accurate financial statements and sound controls.
• Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory programs, audit requests, and documentation tied to costing methodologies and inventory balances.
• Contribute to monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, financial analysis, transfer pricing support, and system or process improvement initiatives related to cost accounting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• At least 2 years of progressive experience in cost accounting, ideally within a manufacturing setting.
• Working knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variance analysis, and cost control principles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including functions such as PivotTables and lookup formulas.
• Experience using ERP systems such as SAP in a manufacturing finance environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities with close attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across finance, operations, and production teams.
• Exposure to foreign currency transactions and conversion concepts is preferred.

Compensation

$80,000.00-$105,000.00 Yearly

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