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North Austin manufacturing company looking for a Cost Accountant to add to their team!


Responsibilities:

• Operational cost analysis: Collect and analyze operational cost data (materials, labor, overhead, freight/shipping) to improve cost visibility and margin performance.
• Cost standards: Set, maintain, and roll standard costs for manufactured goods; develop and analyze cost standards and key cost drivers.
• Variance reporting: Analyze and explain PPV, labor, and overhead variances; recommend actions to reduce cost and waste.
• Reconciliations: Perform month-end inventory and cost account reconciliations; support cycle counts and inventory accuracy.
• BOM & routers: Partner with Engineering to maintain BOMs/routers that support accurate product costing.
• FP&A partnership: Provide margin and job-level profitability insights for management reporting; support forecast and annual planning inputs.
• CVP & decision support: Perform cost-volume-profit (breakeven) and make-vs-buy analyses to support pricing, capacity, and sourcing decisions.

Required Skills:

• Analytical/quantitative: Strong quantitative skills to interpret operational cost data, trends, and drivers.
• Financial analysis: Ability to build clear analyses and recommendations from incomplete or evolving data.
• Reporting: Comfortable preparing management reports and presenting findings to cross-functional partners.
• Systems/tools: Proficiency with ERP and financial reporting tools; advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, modeling).
• Attention to detail: High accuracy with large data sets and reconciliations in a manufacturing environment.
• Communication: Effective written and verbal communication; active listening and ability to influence.
• Collaboration: Strong teamwork and partnering skills across FP&A, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 3-4 years of cost accounting in manufacturing; high-precision/semiconductor equipment experience is a plus.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Technical skills: Advanced Excel and manufacturing ERP experience (SAP, Oracle, Epicor).
• Knowledge: GAAP, standard costing, and management reporting fundamentals.

For Immediate Consideration you can come into our office at 8900 Shoal Creek Blvd. #125 Austin, Texas 78757 or email your resume to


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Austin (North), TX
1759
8900 Shoal Creek Boulevard
Suite 125
Austin, TX 78757

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