Cost Accountant

Job Description

As a Cost Accountant, you will play a key role in supporting the financial performance of a fast-paced manufacturing operation by analyzing inventory, production costs, and financial results to provide actionable insights for business decisions. You will collaborate with Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to ensure accurate product costing, inventory valuation, financial reporting, and forecasting. Your work will help identify risks, improve financial transparency, and drive operational efficiency while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and company policies.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Prepare accurate and timely financial reporting, forecasts, and cost analyses by monitoring inventory balances, production orders, production variances, and other key financial metrics to support business decision-making
• Maintain product costing within SAP, support the annual cost roll process, and analyze material costs, inventory valuation, excess and slow-moving inventory, and manufacturing variances to identify financial risks and improvement opportunities
• Partner with Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to provide financial guidance, investigate cost variances, and improve the accuracy of manufacturing and inventory reporting
• Prepare ad hoc financial reports and analyses for plant leadership, U.S. and global headquarters, while supporting internal and external audit requests and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls
• Leverage digital reporting and analytics tools, including SAP, Alteryx, Tableau, and Microsoft Excel, to automate reporting, improve data visibility, and support continuous process improvements across the finance organization
• Drive financial accuracy and operational excellence by identifying opportunities to improve costing processes, reporting capabilities, inventory controls, and overall financial performance

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis, Finance, or a related field
• 2-4 years of experience in cost accounting, manufacturing accounting, financial analysis, or a related finance role within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles, inventory accounting, manufacturing costing, financial reporting, forecasting, and ERP systems; experience with SAP preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required; experience with or willingness to learn digital reporting and analytics tools such as Alteryx and Tableau
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.