Senior Cost Accountant

Role & Responsibilities:

Design, build, implement, and maintain ANA’s cost accounting system, including standard costing, inventory costing, variance reporting, and product margin analysis.
Create the cost accounting framework, processes, controls, account structures, reporting cadence, and data governance needed to support a scalable manufacturing and distribution business.
Develop, document, and maintain standard costs for materials, labor, overhead, bills of material, routings, service activities, and other cost drivers.
Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Service, and Finance to understand cost flows, identify gaps, improve source data, and translate operational activity into reliable financial information.
Lead standard cost implementation and ongoing variance analysis, including purchase price variance, production variance, labor and overhead absorption, inventory revaluation, and gross margin trends.
Build reporting and analysis that provides leadership with visibility into product profitability, customer profitability, inventory trends, cost center performance, and operational cost drivers.
Establish and maintain procedures for inventory valuation, inventory reserves, cycle count analysis, physical inventory reconciliation, and inventory-related balance sheet reconciliations.
Prepare and review month-end close activities related to inventory and cost of goods sold, including journal entries, reconciliations, variance explanations, and management reporting.
Develop cost estimating tools and processes for new products, existing products, service offerings, and cost reduction initiatives.
Evaluate changes in product design, sourcing, supplier pricing, manufacturing methods, logistics, and service models to determine the impact on cost and margin.
Support annual budgeting, forecasting, cost center planning, rate development, and operating cost analysis.
Maintain internal control documentation for costing and inventory processes, identify control gaps, and recommend practical improvements.
Prepare audit schedules, support audit requests, and ensure costing and inventory processes are aligned with company accounting policies and applicable accounting standards.
Serve as the subject matter expert for cost accounting within the ERP environment, helping define requirements, improve system usage, validate data, and train business partners as needed.
Create practical tools, dashboards, and recurring analyses that turn cost data into actionable recommendations for leadership.
Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant cost accounting experience in a manufacturing, equipment, distribution, or operations-focused environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, or significantly improving a cost accounting system, standard costing model, inventory costing process, or related ERP-based costing function.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, bills of material, routings, overhead allocation, labor rates, inventory valuation, variance analysis, margin analysis, and cost of goods sold accounting.
• Hands-on ERP experience required; experience with system implementation, process design, data validation, or ERP optimization strongly preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to work with large data sets, build models, reconcile complex activity, and create repeatable reporting tools.
• Ability to operate independently in an evolving environment, build structure where it does not yet exist, and move comfortably between strategy, process design, and hands-on execution.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills, with the ability to explain cost drivers and financial impacts to non-finance business partners.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to influence cross-functional partners and drive adoption of new processes.
• High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset, and the judgment to balance accuracy, practicality, and scalability.
• CPA or CMA preferred.

ANA’s Core Values:

• Root Cause Problem Solving
• Be Creative with Solutions
• Build open and honest relationships
• Build a positive team and family spirit
• Be inclusive
• Look for better ways
• Be humble
• Urgency

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive pay
• 401k with company contribution
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Insurance
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Appreciation Programs