Cost Accountant

Job Description

Cost Accountant:
On behalf of our manufacturing client, Procom is searching for a Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst for a permanent role. This position is an onsite position at our client’s Willoughby, Ohio 44094 office.

Job Description:
Responsible for job costing, financial analysis, and reporting in a CNC machining and gear cutting job shop environment. This role involves tracking job-level costs from quote to close, analyzing actual versus estimated costs, and maintaining machine and labor rates to protect margins on every job.

Responsibilities:
• Maintain job cost records for each work order, capturing material, direct labor, machine time, tooling, and outside processing
• Analyze actual vs. quoted/estimated costs at job close-out; report margin erosion and root causes
• Develop and maintain machine hour rates by work center, including depreciation, tooling, and overhead
• Support estimating/quoting with cost data and perform quote vs. actual analysis
• Track and analyze setup vs. run time by job and machine; identify low-margin part numbers and customers
• Reconcile WIP by job and perform monthly WIP valuation
• Monitor scrap, rework, and first-pass yield by job, machine, and operator; quantify cost impact

Mandatory Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 2–5 years of cost accounting experience in a job shop, machine shop, or manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of job costing, machine hour rate development, and WIP accounting
• ERP experience with job shop systems such as JobBOSS, E2/ProShop, Global Shop, Epicor, or Infor
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, cost models)
• Solid understanding of GAAP as applied to inventory and cost of sales
• Ability to walk the shop floor and communicate effectively with machinists and supervisors

Nice-to-Have Skills:
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification
• Exposure to gear manufacturing processes and their cost drivers
• Experience supporting quoting/estimating in a make-to-order environment