Cost Accounting Analyst
Marquee StaffingIrvine, CA
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Cost Accounting AnalystLocation: Irvine, CA (On-site)Type: Contract (approx. 34 months), 40 hrs/weekDepartment: Accounting / Manufacturing FinanceJob Summary The Cost Accountant supports the cost accounting team with day-to-day manufacturing finance activities, including inventory and cost-of-goods analysis, variance reporting, and month-end close support. This role has an emphasis on job costing, labor/overhead support, standard cost maintenance assistance, and inventory reconciliations, while helping ensure key inventory/manufacturing controls are completed accurately and on time.Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist with month-end close activities for cost accounting, including support for journal entries and account reconciliations.*
- Help prepare and analyze product costs, manufacturing variances, and other COGS-related reporting.*
- Support standard cost updates and maintain cost data (BOM/routings and related cost inputs) in partnership with operations/manufacturing teams.*
- Assist with labor and overhead rate support (basic calculations, data pulls, trend reporting).*
- Support inventory reconciliations (including intercompany inventory/profit where applicable).*
- Assist with cycle counts and physical inventories (coordination support, variance research, documentation).*
- Support warranty and E&O (excess & obsolete) analysis and reporting.*
- Pull and analyze data from the ERP/accounting system to support cost-of-goods reporting and ad hoc requests.*
- Help maintain documentation for inventory/manufacturing SOX controls and support audit requests as needed.*
- Participate in process improvement efforts to streamline close and reporting activities.*
- Perform other projects as assigned.
- 4+ years of accounting experience with exposure to cost accounting (manufacturing environment strongly preferred).*
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups; comfort working with large data sets).*
- Working knowledge of inventory, COGS, and basic variance analysis concepts.*
- High attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.*
- Strong written and verbal communication; comfortable partnering with operations/manufacturing stakeholders.
- Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment.*
- Exposure to standard costing, BOM/routings, or labor/overhead concepts.*
- Experience with ERP systems (any major ERP is fineSAP/Oracle/NetSuite/etc.).*
- Experience in a medical device / regulated / lot-controlled environment.*
- Spanish (written/spoken) a plus.
- Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business (or equivalent experience).
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