Cost Accountant | Manufacturing
City of Industry, CA | Full-Time | On-Site

Yanny Almanzar
Senior Recruiter | Heartline Staffing
Call or Text: 917-487-4211
Email: Yanny@heartlinestaffing.com

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Heartline Staffing is recruiting an experienced Cost Accountant for a full-time, on-site manufacturing opportunity in the City of Industry, California area.

This is a hands-on manufacturing cost accounting role responsible for cost analysis, inventory controls, financial reporting, and manufacturing accounting processes. The Cost Accountant will work closely with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy, manufacturing efficiency, and profitability.

MANUFACTURING COST ACCOUNTING
• Maintain and analyze standard costs and job costs.
• Maintain and analyze bills of materials (BOMs), labor rates, and manufacturing overhead.
• Investigate material, labor, freight, and overhead cost variances.
• Identify cost trends and recommend opportunities for improvement.
• Analyze product costs, purchase price variances, gross margins, and job profitability.

INVENTORY & WIP
• Reconcile inventory, work-in-process (WIP), and manufacturing-related general ledger accounts.
• Monitor inventory valuation and manufacturing inventory activity.
• Analyze scrap and obsolete inventory.
• Review and support cycle-count adjustments.
• Support inventory audits and internal controls.

MONTH-END & FINANCIAL REPORTING
• Support month-end close activities.
• Prepare and support journal entries, account reconciliations, and accruals.
• Support manufacturing-related financial reporting.
• Develop reports and dashboards to monitor costs, margins, and key performance indicators.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP & ANALYSIS
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to improve costing accuracy and manufacturing efficiency.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting.
• Support product-costing and pricing decisions.
• Analyze manufacturing performance and profitability.
• Participate in continuous-improvement initiatives.

TRAVEL
• Approximately 20% domestic travel to company sites may be required.

BENEFITS
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays

Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field REQUIRED
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment REQUIRED
• Experience with standard costing and job costing REQUIRED
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting and WIP accounting REQUIRED
• Experience with manufacturing overhead and overhead absorption REQUIRED
• Experience analyzing material, labor, freight, and overhead variances REQUIRED
• Experience supporting manufacturing month-end close REQUIRED
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis REQUIRED
• Experience working with manufacturing ERP systems REQUIRED
• Ability to travel domestically approximately 20% to company sites REQUIRED

Not ready to formally apply? That's completely fine. Many professionals prefer a confidential conversation first.
Call or text Yanny directly at 917-487-4211.