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Cost Accountant – Multi-Entity (Standard Cost Environment)

United States, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, or Athens · Job Posted April 23, 2026
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Join a dynamic team supporting multiple thriving business entities across Tennessee. This is your chance to wield your expertise in a standard cost environment and collaborate with top-tier leaders who value your voice as much as your skills.

Job Responsibility

  • Command the standard cost system—lead BOM set-up, cost roll-ups, and on-the-ground costing accuracy
  • Dive into deep-dish variance analyses—material, labor, and overhead—pinpointing root causes and delivering game-changing insights to leadership
  • Inspect every penny: Review landed costs (freight, duties, handling) to ensure flawless product costing
  • Conduct time studies and labor analyses to uncover efficiencies and exact labor costing
  • Team up across operations, engineering, and supply chain to keep cost data airtight and in-sync
  • Spearhead month-end and year-end closings for inventory and cost of goods sold
  • Reconcile inventory and cost accounts, resolve discrepancies, and champion corrective strategies
  • Produce powerful financial reports and present them directly to management
  • Be audit-ready—supporting on inventory and costing
  • Ignite and lead continuous improvement projects to fuel cost savings and profitability

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
  • 3+ years of hands-on cost accounting experience in a standard cost environment
  • Fluency in BOM set-up, landed cost calculations, variance analysis, and time studies
  • Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP)
  • Comfortable with mid-scale ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, etc.)
  • Analytical, organized, proactive, and thrive in fast-paced, multi-entity settings

What we offer

  • medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance
  • company 401(k) plan
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