Manufacturing Accountant Cost Analyst
Los Angeles County, CA - USA
Job Summary
City of Industry California On-site Full-Time Direct Hire 3 Years
MaxIT Consulting Max Corporate Group is looking for a Cost Accountant to join an electrical and electronics manufacturing company in the City of Industry area California.
You will own manufacturing cost accounting end to end: standard and job costs inventory controls variance analysis and month-end close working side by side with Operations and Engineering to improve profitability and efficiency.
Costs in a manufacturing plant move every day: materials labor freight and overhead. The business needs a cost accountant who keeps standard costs and bills of materials accurate explains every variance and turns the numbers into decisions on margins pricing and efficiency.
This is a hands-on on-site role close to the shop floor with direct impact on inventory valuation product costing and the monthly financial results.
- Maintain and analyze standard costs job costs bills of materials (BOMs) labor rates and manufacturing overhead.
- Investigate material labor freight and overhead cost variances and recommend improvements.
- Reconcile inventory work-in-process (WIP) and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
- Monitor inventory valuation scrap obsolete inventory and cycle-count adjustments.
- Support month-end close: journal entries reconciliations accruals and financial reporting.
- Analyze gross margins job profitability purchase price variances and manufacturing performance.
- Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
- Assist with budgeting forecasting product costing and pricing decisions.
- Develop reports and dashboards to track costs margins and key performance indicators.
- Support inventory audits internal controls and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of standard costing job costing inventory accounting overhead absorption variance analysis and month-end close.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including pivot tables lookups and data analysis.
- Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems.
Work arrangement: On-site
Schedule: Full-time
Employment type: Direct hire (permanent)
Experience: 3 years in manufacturing cost accounting
Start date: As soon as possible
Location: City of Industry California United States
Benefits include medical dental and vision insurance; company-paid life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; a 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution; and paid vacation sick time and holidays. Relocation: limited assistance.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
If you enjoy turning manufacturing numbers into better decisions we would like to hear from you.
Please apply through this platform with your updated resume your expected gross annual salary and your availability to start.