Senior Cost Accountant

We are looking for a Senior Cost Accountant/ hybrid setting to support cost accounting activities across multiple manufacturing locations while partnering with operations and finance leaders in Pennsylvania. This position focuses on strengthening cost accuracy, improving consistency in reporting, and delivering meaningful analysis related to inventory, standard costs, and production performance. The role is well suited for someone who can translate detailed manufacturing data into practical financial insight and help guide sound business decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Direct standard cost development for materials, labor, and overhead across several facilities to maintain reliable and aligned product costing
• Evaluate plant-level and consolidated manufacturing variances, highlighting key trends, investigating underlying drivers, and communicating actionable findings
• Work closely with site finance and operations teams to review inventory balances, count results, and reserve assumptions related to scrap and obsolete stock
• Prepare and interpret cross-location cost reporting for leadership, ensuring data is accurate, comparable, and useful for decision-making
• Contribute to enterprise cost accounting initiatives such as policy refinement, control improvements, and finance-related system implementation support
• Identify savings opportunities and operational improvements by comparing cost performance across sites and analyzing production data
• Provide schedules, documentation, and financial analysis needed for internal reviews and external audit requests
• Visit manufacturing facilities as needed to support consistency in costing practices and reinforce standardized processes
• Handle special assignments and ad hoc financial analysis tied to manufacturing cost performance and reporting needs
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
• At least 5 years of increasing responsibility in cost accounting within a manufacturing setting
• Demonstrated experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations is strongly preferred
• Strong command of standard costing methods, inventory accounting, and variance analysis
• Proficiency with ERP systems, with Infor Syteline considered an advantage
• Advanced Excel capabilities for financial modeling, analysis, and reporting
• Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across finance, operations, and plant leadership teams Contact Sandi Nush 302-985-5234