Cost Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

At Restek, innovation, precision, and excellence are at the core of everything we do. As a Cost Accountant , you’ll play a crucial role in optimizing our manufacturing processes and driving cost efficiency. This is more than just a numbers role—it’s an opportunity to collaborate across departments, shape decisions, and make a measurable impact.

In this role, you’ll partner with operations, sales, and supply chain teams to deliver key financial insights that support our growth. Your work will involve analyzing costs, investigating variances, and ensuring accurate reporting. From setting cost standards to preparing margin analyses and forecasts, your contributions will enhance efficiency and guide strategic decisions.

In this role, you'll oversee and analyze all cost expenditures related to the manufacturing processes in the facility, produce detailed cost reports and analyses in support of our operations and sales. Working closely with our supply chain team, you’ll assist in ensuring accurate and timely inventory transactions in the general ledger.

In addition the position is responsible for developing and maintaining the financial cost reports necessary to fully explain standard and gross margin analyses and the variances to planned results.

All manufacturing cost aspects including material, labor and overhead, price-volume-mix analyses as well as efficiency, productivity and spend variances will be monitored and explained. This information will support weekly financial flashes, monthly results, quarterly forecasts and annual budget. This position collaborates with and supports the operations, sales / marketing and finance teams with insightful analyses and suggestions for improvements.

Job Duties :

• Collecting and analyzing data about the company’s manufacturing costs
• Developing and analyzing standard costs
• Coordinates with Manufacturing team to determine proper labor and overhead rates for establishment of budgeted standard costs
• Coordinates with Purchasing team to review purchase costs, purchase price variances, and periodic updates to material cost standards
• Reviews daily manufacturing account postings, investigating significant variances related to work order closure
• Reviews cost, inventory, and variance trends; researching significant variations and recommending appropriate response
• Prepares daily operating performance analysis; including inventory movements, sales, and cost of goods sold, to identify significant issues in a timely fashion
• Reviews new BOMs and Routers submitted for accuracy
• Coordinates with Engineering Department to understand changes in inventory valuation outside of the semi-annual cost roll
• Evaluates monthly COGS and Variances, provides monthly variance analysis
• Performs annual cost roll and inventory revaluation. Works with purchasing and operations management to enhance accuracy of cost components.
• Works with Pricing team to set intercompany transfer pricing, ensuring margins in line with Company Policy and international tax law.
• Coordinate inventory related activities with management and Inventory Control, including analysis, reporting, cycle count activities (such as blind counts); inventory adjustment needs; and help ensure overall inventory accuracy

Education / Experience :

Typical requirements of this role include a Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of cost accounting experience. Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred. The ideal candidate will have an advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (specifically Excel) and experience managing cost in an ERP system.

Benefits :

Restek offers a safe and comfortable work environment along with a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, which includes :

At Restek, success begins and ends with our people. Through the core values that are at the heart of our culture, we embrace diverse perspectives and are committed to an inclusive, collaborative, and safe working environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and gives back to the communities where we live and do business across the globe.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Restek provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws.

This position will require the successful completion of a standard background check in accordance with Restek policy. Employment with Restek will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

This isn’t just a job—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of a growing organization. If you’re looking for a role where your ideas matter, your contributions are valued, and your potential is limitless, we want to hear your story. Apply today and own your future.