Job description

.seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Cost Accountant to manage and oversee cost and inventory accounting activities. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience with ERP systems, and a solid understanding of costing concepts. This role requires collaboration across finance, supply chain, and IT teams to ensure accurate reporting, compliance with US GAAP, and support for business decision-making.Handle cost and inventory activities, including PPV (purchase price variance), freight accruals, inventory reserves, capitalized variances, and absorption costing.

Perform monthly close activities for COGS and inventory valuation; reconcile sub-ledger to general ledger and analyze/explain variances.

Maintain item costing data, cost components (material, labor, and overhead), and related GL mappings; ensure accuracy and alignment with US GAAP and company internal policies.

Manage costing methods for items (Standard Cost, Actual Cost, Moving Average); configure cost rollups and variance tracking.

Validate and cleanse master data (items, BOMs, routings, suppliers, primary data attributes) to ensure accurate cost and inventory reporting.

Develop and maintain reports/dashboards on inventory health, gross margin by product, cost variances, turnover metrics, stockouts, and obsolescence.

Conduct regular analysis of inventory valuation and cost components to identify opportunities for optimization and cost control.

Support internal and external audits by providing data, explanations, and process narratives related to costing and inventory.

Collaborate with IT/Analytics on data models, data quality initiatives, and BI/reporting requirements.