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Search Solution Group · 4 hours ago

Senior Cost Accountant

Charlotte, NC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$105K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

Search Solution Group is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant responsible for maintaining and reporting on operational financial standard costing processes. This role involves supporting the finance team with month-end processes, budgeting, forecasting, and ensuring accurate financial reporting aligned with operational realities.

ConsultingHuman ResourcesLegal

Responsibilities

Manage, perform, and analyze standard cost accounting updates, inventory controls, month end processing, and manufacturing variance analysis

Support ERP and system initiatives, with a particular focus on JD Edwards

Act as the liaison between Operations, Finance and IT for JDE development projects

Create and/or modify reports from JDE data to support financial analysis

Analyze integrity reports to ensure Item transactions and inventory is clean

Assist with validation of data and metrics for PowerBI developers

Accounting Weekly/Month end processes

Monthly- review zero cost Inventory

Monthly- Bill of materials review and adjustment

Monthly- Inventory reconciliation and adjustment

Monthly- Intercompany reconciliation and adjustment

Weekly- Review Work Order Variances

Weekly- Scrap report to Operations

Other tasks as assigned

Assist Corporate Controller by providing support to use in financial reporting and analysis for the leadership team, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities

Some travel is required to the plants to build relationships with operations leaders, ensuring alignment between operational activity and financial reporting

Support Corporate Controller with budgeting, forecasting, and capital planning for manufacturing operations

Provide detailed analysis of operational KPIs, cost drivers, and variances to guide decision-making

Assist SVP of Operations and Corporate Controller in driving process improvements within operational finance, ensuring consistency across multiple plant locations

Qualification

Standard costingJD Edwards ERPInventory managementMonth end closingFinancial analysisAnalytical skillsExcel proficiencyCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

5+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, with significant time spent in a Standard cost manufacturing environment, overseeing cost processes for multiple plant locations

Strong expertise in standard costing, inventory management, month end closing processes, and manufacturing variance analysis

Proficiency with JD Edwards ERP; experience with other major ERPs a plus

Strong communication skills, with proven ability to translate operational activity into financial insights for senior leadership

Excellent analytical skills, with a hands-on, process-driven approach rather than a focus on people management

Advanced Excel skills- V-Lookups, X-Lookups, creating models, etc

Must be able to collaborate effectively across operations and finance teams, utilizing Microsoft Teams and OneDrive (or other cloud-based file sharing)