Cost Accountant

About this role

Cost Accountant

Location:
Hollywood, CA (On-site)

Compensation:
$120,000–$150,000 base salary (DOE)

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of Inventory Accounting, the Cost Accountant is responsible for cost analysis, inventory accounting,
absorption and standard costing
, manufacturing variance analysis, month-end close support, and operational reporting. The role partners closely with factory and operations teams to support decision-making and margin improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

- Maintain and process standard cost transactions for materials, labor, and overhead.
- Manage and analyze
absorption costing methodologies
, including the allocation of labor and overhead costs to inventory and cost of goods sold.
- Analyze and resolve manufacturing cost variances.
- Develop and maintain product costing for new products.
- Prepare monthly KPI reporting and profitability analysis.
- Analyze COGS, inventory turns, BOMs, gross margins, and manufacturing performance.
- Manage Duty Drawback processes and reporting.
- Support month-end close and inventory accounting activities.
- Participate in annual audit support and compliance activities.
- Partner with manufacturing and operations teams to improve costing accuracy and operational performance.
- Support strategic finance projects and ad hoc analysis.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA or CMA preferred.
- 5+ years of cost accounting experience.
- Manufacturing and inventory accounting experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of
absorption costing, standard costing
, inventory accounting, variance analysis, cost management, and margin analysis.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- ERP experience required.
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience preferred.
- Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills.