Job Description

SUMMARY

Your analytical talent deserves more than a routine accounting role. We’re searching for a Cost Accountant Analyst who wants the opportunity to influence operations, elevate financial performance, and be a trusted partner to leadership. If you're ready for a role where your insights actually shape decisions, this is it. This newly created role is in the North Richmond, Virginia area, offering relocation assistance, profit sharing plan, retirement plan with company matching, stock options, and an annual flexible reimbursement program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee month-end close, ensuring timely, accurate entries and reconciliations aligned with internal controls.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles with strategic and operational insights.
• Perform variance analysis across production, inventory, and expenditures.
• Maintain and validate standard cost models and BOMs.
• Analyze cost variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Monitor fixed cost absorption and support margin improvement.
• Coordinate annual standard cost roll processes.
• Align financial insights with production and inventory realities.
• Embed financial metrics into plant KPIs and dashboards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives.

REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
• 5+ years in accounting and manufacturing cost accounting required; FP&A experience is a plus.
• Ability to prepare financial reports and give recommendations based on available data.
• Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, processes, and controls.
• Proficiency in SAP, and Microsoft Office Excel.
• Ability to work effectively and cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented.
• Translate financial data into actionable insights for decision-making.
• Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills

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