Cost Accountant & Financial Analyst

Insulated Panel Solutions USA LLC seeks a Cost Accountant & Financial Analyst based in Denton, TX (onsite). In this role, you will analyze and monitor product, project, and operational costs while delivering data-driven insights that support profitability, financial planning, and business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and analyze standard costs for products, projects, and operations.
• Monitor manufacturing, labor, material, and overhead costs, then identify variances and underlying drivers.
• Prepare monthly cost analyses and variance reports.
• Support inventory valuation activities, including cycle counts and annual physical inventories.
• Analyze bill of materials (BOMs), routing structures, and labor standards.
• Review job costing and project costing for accuracy and profitability.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
• Recommend cost reduction opportunities and process improvements.
• Collect, organize, and analyze large datasets from ERP, accounting, and operational systems.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs to track financial and operational performance.
• Create regular and ad hoc reports for management teams.
• Analyze trends in production, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, and inventory utilization.
• Perform profitability analysis by product line, customer, project, and business unit.
• Support management with financial modeling and scenario analysis.
• Automate reporting processes where possible to improve efficiency and data accuracy.
• Work with production and operations teams to understand cost drivers.
• Evaluate capacity utilization, labor productivity, and manufacturing efficiencies.
• Assist in developing metrics for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support capital expenditure analysis and return-on-investment calculations.
• Participate in ERP implementation, upgrades, and process optimization projects.
• Maintain cost accounting policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with accounting standards and company policies.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Monitor data integrity within financial and operational systems.
• Assist in developing and maintaining internal controls related to costing and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• CPA (or actively pursuing designation) preferred.
• 3 to 7 years of experience in cost accounting, financial analysis, manufacturing/assembly accounting, or business analytics.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial fabrication, construction, modular manufacturing, or related industries preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Katana, Epicor, or Infor.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Power Query, and Power Pivot.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles and manufacturing costing methodologies.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI tools.
• Proficiency with SQL, data extraction, and database reporting.
• Strong ability to interpret complex financial and operational data.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent quantitative and statistical analysis skills, with high attention to detail and accuracy.

Technologies

• SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Katana, Epicor, Infor
• Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power Pivot)
• Power BI, Tableau
• SQL

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Accuracy of standard costing and inventory valuation.
• Budget-to-actual variance performance.
• Gross margin improvement initiatives.
• Reporting accuracy and timeliness.
• Inventory accuracy and turnover.
• Labor and overhead absorption analysis.
• Dashboard adoption and management reporting effectiveness.
• Identification and implementation of cost-saving opportunities.

Work Location and Pay

Work Location: In person (Denton, TX)

Compensation: From $60,000.00 per year