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Job #:
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205591
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Title:
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Cost Accountant
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Location:
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Oriskany, NY
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Salary Range:
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$60,000.00/year or DOE
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Position:
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Staff Accountant
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Description:
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Manufacturing Cost Accountant – Oriskany, NY Full Time Temp to Hire 1st Shift $60,000.00/year or DOE
Position Summary A local company is seeking a Manufacturing Cost Accountant to serve as a key financial resource to its manufacturing operations. The position translates production activity, material usage, labor, overhead, inventory, and operational performance into meaningful cost information to support management decision-making.
The Manufacturing Cost Accountant works closely with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering, Inventory/Warehouse, Quality, Sales, and Accounting/Finance to improve cost visibility, financial accuracy, operational efficiency, and profitability.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Maintain and analyze standard and actual manufacturing costs, including materials, labor, overhead, outside processing, and product cost structures.
- Maintain standard costs, Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, labor standards, and other manufacturing-related data.
- Analyze and report manufacturing, production, inventory, and operational cost variances.
- Investigate significant cost discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with appropriate departments.
- Monitor and reconcile raw materials, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventory.
- Support physical inventory counts, inventory valuation, and inventory control procedures.
- Support month-end and year-end financial close activities, including inventory, manufacturing costs, accruals, cost of goods sold, and related reconciliations.
- Support financial reporting, audits, compliance activities, and maintenance of accurate financial records and supporting documentation.
- Partner with cross-functional departments to evaluate the financial and cost impacts of new products, processes, materials, equipment, and operational changes.
- Support manufacturing budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
- Provide cost information to support pricing, make-versus-buy decisions, capital investments, and cost-reduction initiatives.
- Develop and maintain cost accounting reports, procedures, and analytical tools to improve cost visibility, accuracy, financial controls, and profitability.
- Utilize manufacturing ERP and accounting systems to analyze and maintain financial and manufacturing data.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Cross-Functional Responsibilities The Manufacturing Cost Accountant establishes effective working relationships across multiple departments, including:
- Manufacturing
- Analyze production performance, labor, scrap, rework, efficiency, and process costs.
- Purchasing
- Evaluate material pricing, supplier changes, purchase variances, and sourcing decisions.
- Engineering
- Review Bills of Material, routings, product changes, process improvements, and new-product costing.
- Inventory/Warehouse
- Support inventory accuracy, inventory transactions, cycle counts, and material movement.
- Quality
- Analyze scrap, rework, nonconformance, and quality-related costs.
- Sales/Management
- Provide information for product profitability, pricing analysis, and customer-specific cost considerations.
- Accounting/Finance
- Support month-end close, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
Required Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with experience in cost or manufacturing accounting.
- At least three years of accounting experience.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing cost principles, inventory accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and accounting/ERP systems.
- Ability to interpret manufacturing data, Bills of Material, production records, inventory information, and financial information.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies, identify potential causes, and communicate findings effectively.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple departments.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience maintaining and analyzing standard and actual manufacturing costs.
- Experience with materials, labor, overhead, outside processing, Bills of Material, routings, and labor standards.
- Experience analyzing cost, production, inventory, and operational variances.
- Experience with raw material, work-in-process, and finished-goods inventory accounting.
- Experience supporting physical inventory counts, inventory valuation, and inventory controls.
- Experience with month-end/year-end close, financial reporting, audits, and compliance.
- Experience evaluating the cost impacts of new products, processes, materials, equipment, and operational changes.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, pricing, make-versus-buy analysis, capital investment, and cost-reduction decisions.
- Experience developing cost accounting reports, procedures, and analytical tools.
- Experience with manufacturing ERP systems.
- Knowledge of discrete manufacturing operations and manufacturing cost accounting principles.
Benefits (when hired perm): - 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Environment This is a full-time, in-person position. The Manufacturing Cost Accountant works closely with manufacturing and business operations and regularly interacts with cross-functional departments to analyze production costs, inventory, financial performance, and operational activities.
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Requirements:
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Job Type:
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Temp to Hire
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Post Date:
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11/04/2026
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