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Cost Accounting Lead

United States, Avon Lake · Job Posted June 15, 2026
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We are looking for a Cost Accounting Lead to strengthen manufacturing finance operations in Avon Lake, Ohio. This position will play a central role in establishing reliable cost accounting practices, improving inventory accuracy, and turning production data into meaningful financial insight. The successful candidate will work closely with plant and supply chain teams to ensure product costing reflects real operating conditions while supporting better margin visibility and decision-making.

Job Responsibility

  • Develop and manage the cost accounting framework for the business, including standard cost structures, bills of materials, routing logic, and labor and overhead assumptions within NetSuite
  • Examine manufacturing activities in detail to connect raw materials, labor usage, and production output with accurate product costing in financial systems
  • Lead inventory-related close activities each month by preparing entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and maintaining appropriate reserves for obsolete, excess, and slow-moving stock
  • Evaluate material, labor, overhead, and yield variances, then communicate findings and underlying drivers to finance and operations stakeholders
  • Work side by side with production, purchasing, and supply chain teams to improve cost precision and identify opportunities to enhance profitability
  • Review and verify master data such as BOMs, routings, and production records to support dependable costing and reporting
  • Partner on system integrations and data movement between platforms, including middleware solutions, to preserve data accuracy across operational and financial processes
  • Create and maintain reports and dashboards that track product cost, margins, inventory performance, and key manufacturing metrics
  • Strengthen inventory controls, costing practices, and manufacturing finance procedures through ongoing process improvement initiatives
  • Support audit readiness by maintaining inventory documentation, reinforcing internal controls, and assisting with product profitability and new item cost analysis

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
  • At least 5 years of experience in cost accounting within a manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated success building, implementing, or enhancing standard costing processes
  • Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, variance analysis, and product cost reporting
  • Experience working in NetSuite or a comparable ERP platform used for manufacturing finance
  • Familiarity with data integrations, workflow tools, or middleware applications supporting system connectivity
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in operations, procurement, and supply chain
  • Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex production and financial data

What we offer

  • medical
  • vision
  • dental
  • life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • free online training
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