Cost Accountant

Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Own the cost accounting function that directly impacts pricing, profitability, and operational decision-making
• Work side-by-side with engineering and manufacturing on BOM and routing changes that drive real cost outcomes
• High visibility role supporting leadership with weekly production and variance reporting
• Join a long-term, growth-focused manufacturing organization that invests in continuous improvement and operational excellence
• Competitive base salary plus bonus opportunity and strong benefits package

Location: On-site in St. Louis, MO (with occasional time on the production floor and periodic travel between nearby plant locations).

Note: To be considered, you must have manufacturing cost accounting experience, hands-on experience with BOMs and routings in an ERP, strong standard costing and variance analysis skills, and General Ledger accounting experience. This is an ITAR-regulated environment, so you must be a US Person (U.S. citizen, green card holder, or qualifying refugee/asylee status).

About Our Client

Our client is a growing American manufacturing organization backed by an active, long-term ownership group (not private equity) that invests in people, process improvement, and sustainable growth. Their culture is rooted in excellence, teamwork, and innovation, with leadership that stays engaged day-to-day to help the business scale.

Job Description

• Maintain accurate standard costs, labor rates, and overhead rates to support correct cost allocation
• Prepare weekly production, SOP, variance, and ad hoc reporting for leadership
• Analyze planned vs actual costs and investigate manufacturing variances, scrap, and rework costs
• Partner directly with production teams to identify drivers, root causes, and cost control actions
• Manage inventory accounting across two locations, including reconciliation, obsolete inventory review, and integrity of data
• Support monthly close and year-end close with inventory analysis and supplemental reporting
• Facilitate annual physical inventories and monthly cycle counts; monitor inventory movements and process issues
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to assess BOM and routing changes and their impact on cost centers
• Perform product line profitability and cost analysis to support management decisions
• Assist plant personnel with researching discrepancies and implementing preventive controls
• Contribute to special projects tied to continuous improvement and operational performance

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 2+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong experience with standard costing, variance analysis, inventory accounting, and General Ledger
• Hands-on ERP experience and strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, analysis)
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and plant leadership
• Must meet ITAR US Person requirements and pass background check and drug screen

Why You Will Love Working Here

Youll be in a role where your work is immediately felt, your insights get used, and your partnerships with operations and engineering actually move the needle. If you like solving real-world manufacturing problems and improving cost visibility and control, this is a seat with impact and runway.

JPC-663

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: 2+ yrs cost accounting exp in manufacturing environment, must have worked with BOMs and routings (in an ERP), must have General Ledger accounting exp., must have standard costing and variance analysis exp. **deal break with 2+ yrs cost accounting in manufacturing**

• Additional context: Relocation- [no]. Packages - [no]

Submissions Name / Terry: [email protected];[email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference (Internal Summary)

On-site Cost Accountant in St. Louis supporting a manufacturing environment with standard costing, variance analysis, inventory control, and reporting. Must have manufacturing experience plus BOM, routing, costing, and GL accounting. ITAR shop requires “US Person” work authorization status.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Cost Accountant – Thunderbird LLC - JPC 663 - Source

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• Client job title: Cost Accountant

• Location: St. Louis, MO

• On-site, hybrid, remote: On-site

• Experience: 2

• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Cost Accountant, Manufacturing Cost Accountant, Plant Accountant, Cost Analyst, Manufacturing Accountant, Inventory Accountant, Standard Cost Accountant, Costing Analyst, Variance Analyst, Inventory Control Accounting, Standard Costing, BOM, Bill of Materials, Routings, ERP, GL, WIP, Inventory Reconciliation, Cycle Counts, Physical Inventory, Scrap and Rework, Overhead Rates, Labor Rates

• # of hires needed: 1

• Open or not to recruiters on TE: NO

• Job posting strategy (bottom of package details):St. Louis 279k pop mid level role, niche in manufacturing cost accounting tho