Staff Accountant responsible for product costing and financial reporting within a fast - paced manufacturing company. Collaborating with Operations and Finance to maintain accurate financial records in a hybrid work environment.
About the role
- Senior Cost Accountant responsible for product costing, inventory valuation, and gross margin reporting at a manufacturing and SaaS environment. Collaborating cross-functionally and ensuring cost accuracy and timely close processes.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and update standard costs in the ERP, ensuring bills of materials are accurate and include appropriate overhead allocations
- Prepare estimates for new and proposed product costs, including hardware configurations and service plan structures
- Own Service and Software plan costing, ensuring cost structures reflect actual delivery economics
- Design, update, and implement production and labour cost models on a continuous improvement basis
- Oversee inventory costing and variance analysis, including purchase price variance, usage variance, and labour efficiency variance
- Help coordinate inventory counts — annually or more frequently as needed — and reconcile results to the general ledger
- Reconcile and maintain control over Finished Goods inventory across all locations, ensuring accurate valuation at all times
- Post inventory, WIP, and COS entries in the ERP in alignment with the month-end close schedule
- Support the monthly preparation and review of the Gross Margin report by unit sales, providing analysis that connects cost movements to margin outcomes
- Analyze actual manufacturing costs and prepare periodic reports comparing standard versus actual production costs
- Partner with FP&A on the Monthly Service Cost Review and Production Labor Review, providing costing data and variance commentary
- Complete assigned account reconciliations on schedule, including complex reconciliations for inventory, WIP, warranty reserves, and cost accruals
- Prepare accrual and reclassification journal entries as required within the close cycle
- Deliver reconciliations to a reviewable standard for the Controller, flagging issues before close day
- Support the Controller’s cost accounting close tasks, including supplementary cost reports for warranty, software, and professional fees
- Develop, maintain, monitor, and implement financial controls and procedures to ensure accurate cost reporting
- Develop efficient accounting and finance procedures for costing, inventory, and margin analysis, maintaining a high level of accuracy
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual steps in the costing and close process — bring proposals to the Controller, not just observations
- Assist in the annual audit by preparing working papers related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and standard costing, and by supporting auditors with data collection
- Support initiatives to improve overall company systems and procedures, including Epicor costing and inventory module enhancements
- Ensure cost accounting processes comply with internal controls and relevant accounting standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cost accounting, manufacturing accounting, or a related financial reporting role
- Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing or hardware+SaaS environment — you understand inventory, WIP, COS, and overhead absorption
- Proven ability to build and maintain standard costing models and analyse variances at a component and labour level
- Strong attention to detail — costing errors flow directly into gross margin and you own that accuracy
- Proficiency in Excel and ERP-based costing and inventory modules; Epicor experience is a strong asset
- Ability to manage competing priorities and month-end deadlines in a structured, autonomous way
- Clear written and verbal communication skills — you will present variance analysis to Operations and FP&A stakeholders.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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