Senior Cost Accountant

As Senior Cost Accountant, you will serve as the architect and builder of ANA’s cost accounting function. This is not a maintenance-only role; we are looking for a hands-on, systems-minded leader who can design, implement, and continuously improve a scalable cost accounting system that supports accurate inventory valuation, standard costing, margin visibility, operational decision-making, and disciplined financial controls. This role will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Service, Engineering, and Finance to build the processes, data discipline, and reporting needed for a mature cost accounting environment.

As Senior Cost Accountant, you will serve as the architect and builder of ANA’s cost accounting function. This is not a maintenance-only role; we are looking for a hands-on, systems-minded leader who can design, implement, and continuously improve a scalable cost accounting system that supports accurate inventory valuation, standard costing, margin visibility, operational decision-making, and disciplined financial controls. This role will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Service, Engineering, and Finance to build the processes, data discipline, and reporting needed for a mature cost accounting environment.

• Design, build, implement, and maintain ANA’s cost accounting system, including standard costing, inventory costing, variance reporting, and product margin analysis.
• Create the cost accounting framework, processes, controls, account structures, reporting cadence, and data governance needed to support a scalable manufacturing and distribution business.
• Develop, document, and maintain standard costs for materials, labor, overhead, bills of material, routings, service activities, and other cost drivers.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Service, and Finance to understand cost flows, identify gaps, improve source data, and translate operational activity into reliable financial information.
• Lead standard cost implementation and ongoing variance analysis, including purchase price variance, production variance, labor and overhead absorption, inventory revaluation, and gross margin trends.
• Build reporting and analysis that provides leadership with visibility into product profitability, customer profitability, inventory trends, cost center performance, and operational cost drivers.
• Establish and maintain procedures for inventory valuation, inventory reserves, cycle count analysis, physical inventory reconciliation, and inventory-related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare and review month-end close activities related to inventory and cost of goods sold, including journal entries, reconciliations, variance explanations, and management reporting.