The Bexar Company · 20 hours ago
Cost Accountant
Carrollton, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe Bexar Company is a respected, growing manufacturer seeking a Cost Accountant who thrives in a manufacturing environment. This role is critical for ensuring accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and financial reporting, while collaborating with various departments to drive insight and improve processes.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Brittany Brothers
Responsibilities
Lead cost accounting activities to ensure accurate product costing and inventory valuation
Maintain and enhance cost accounting systems, policies, and procedures
Perform cost-benefit analyses for projects, capital investments, and new initiatives
Develop cost forecasts, financial models, and benchmarks to support strategic planning
Analyze variances between standard and actual costs and explain results to leadership
Calculate, update, and maintain standard costs for materials, parts, and finished products
Lead the annual Cost Roll process in collaboration with Procurement, Materials, and Plant Accounting
Ensure accuracy of Bills of Materials (BOMs) and routing in the ERP system
Support new product costing, pricing decisions, and cost rollups for engineering changes
Partner with Supply Chain to optimize material and supplier costs
Develop and maintain standard costs for labor, overhead, and production operations
Conduct time and motion studies to improve labor efficiency and cost accuracy
Analyze manufacturing processes to identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities
Monitor production transactions, scrap, cycle counts, and operational variances
Translate ERP data into meaningful insights for operations and management
Support annual plant budgets, forecasts, and standard cost updates in ERP
Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly cost, margin, and inventory reports
Analyze gross margins by customer, product, and job
Assist with month-end and year-end close related to inventory and manufacturing accounts
Support external audits, R&D credit documentation, and compliance initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
5+ years of accounting experience, including 3–5 years in manufacturing cost accounting
Experience partnering with Engineering and Operations on cost standards
Strong ERP experience (manufacturing environment required)
Advanced Excel skills and financial modeling expertise
Experience analyzing large datasets and building detailed cost reports
Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP as it applies to manufacturing
Preferred
Exposure to property accounting strongly preferred
CPA, CMA, or other recognized accounting designation preferred
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Solid benefits
Long-term career potential
Company
The Bexar Company
The Bexar Company is a full-service talent acquisition firm with 40 years of experience partnering with employers across a wide range of industries.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase