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Cost Accountant: On behalf of our manufacturing client, Procom is searching for a Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst for a permanent role. This position is an onsite position at our client’s Willoughby, Ohio 44094 office.Job Description: Responsible for job costing, financial analysis, and reporting in a CNC machining and gear cutting job shop environment. This role involves tracking job-level costs from quote to close, analyzing actual versus estimated costs, and maintaining machine and labor rates to protect margins on every job.Responsibilities: • Maintain job cost records for each work order, capturing material, direct labor, machine time, tooling, and outside processing • Analyze actual vs. quoted/estimated costs at job close-out; report margin erosion and root causes • Develop and maintain machine hour rates by work center, including depreciation, tooling, and overhead • Support estimating/quoting with cost data and perform quote vs. actual analysis • Track and analyze setup vs. run time by job and machine; identify low-margin part numbers and customers • Reconcile WIP by job and perform monthly WIP valuation • Monitor scrap, rework, and first-pass yield by job, machine, and operator; quantify cost impact Mandatory Skills: • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field • 2–5 years of cost accounting experience in a job shop, machine shop, or manufacturing environment • Working knowledge of job costing, machine hour rate development, and WIP accounting • ERP experience with job shop systems such as JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop, Epicor, or Infor • Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, cost models) • Solid understanding of GAAP as applied to inventory and cost of sales • Ability to walk the shop floor and communicate effectively with machinists and supervisors Nice-to-Have Skills: • CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification • Exposure to gear manufacturing processes and their cost drivers • Experience supporting quoting/estimating in a make-to-order environment