Financial Analyst Cost Accounting

The Financial Analyst - Cost Accounting supports product costing financial analysis and accounting control for the Engines business. Youll partner with Engineering Purchasing Manufacturing and Finance to drive cost transparency and operational decision-making across multiple manufacturing locations. Open to candidates across experience levels.

This role is hybrid-eligible with primary locations in Kohler WI and Milwaukee WI.

Specific Responsibilities:

Product Costing & Standards

• Develop maintain and analyze standard costs using cross-functional inputs.
• Review Bills of Material routings and material master data to ensure accurate product costs.
• Create and maintain Accounting and Costing views in SAP for new and existing materials.
• Load annual purchase standards tariffs freight and surcharges across assigned plants.

Cost Runs & Variance Analysis

• Coordinate and execute annual standard cost runs (baseline purchase BOM change activity rate).
• Analyze cost changes and communicate impacts to Finance and Operations leadership.

Financial Close & Reporting

• Support monthly close activities including journal entries SAP data extraction and reconciliations.
• Compile and distribute recurring reports covering inventory productivity and finished goods.

Inventory & Operational Support

• Prepare global inventory status excess & obsolete and in-transit inventory reports.
• Resolve invoice posting issues and support quality/blocked inventory reporting.

Cross-Functional & Administrative Support

• Provide backup support across the finance team and assist with ad-hoc projects as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or related field.
• 0-5 years of experience in cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
• Foundational knowledge of cost accounting inventory accounting or variance analysis (coursework or internship counts).
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables VLOOKUP basic financial modeling).
• Familiarity with ERP systems; SAP exposure a plus.

* Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.