Cost Accountant

Job Description

Cost Accountant | Linde Advanced Material Technologies

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Linde Advanced Material Technologies, located in Speedway, IN. The company is a leader in advanced materials and surface coatings, providing innovative solutions across aerospace, energy, semiconductor, automotive, and industrial sectors. This Cost Accountant position is crucial for maintaining accurate product costing, driving financial analysis, and supporting continuous operational improvements. The role directly contributes to the company’s financial health and efficiency by ensuring precise cost data for strategic decision-making.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Speedway, IN

• Team: Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams.
• Mission: Owns the integrity of manufacturing cost data and variance analysis to inform operational and financial improvements.
• Tech Stack: Oracle, SAP, Costpoint, Microsoft Excel, ERP/MRP systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Costing Methodology: Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of standard costing methodologies for manufacturing operations, encompassing labor, overhead, material, and routing structures.
• Data Validation: Partner with cross-functional teams including Operations and Engineering to validate bills of materials, routings, and inventory transactions, ensuring accurate product costing.
• Performance Analysis: Analyze manufacturing variances, inventory movements, labor utilization, scrap rates, and overhead absorption to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for operational and financial improvement.
• System Support: Support ERP/MRP costing activities, including data validation, system testing, and troubleshooting related to standard cost implementation and system enhancements.
• Reporting & Improvement: Prepare comprehensive reports, cost models, and financial analyses to assist leadership in making informed operational decisions and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Operations, Industrial Engineering, or Supply Chain is preferred.
• Experience: Requires 0-4 years of related accounting, manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operational analysis experience with an advanced degree (MS/MA/MBA), or 3+ years with a Bachelor’s degree. Alternatively, 10+ years of directly related manufacturing costing or accounting experience. Specific experience should include supporting manufacturing cost accounting processes like standard costing, inventory analysis, BOM validation, and variance reporting. Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or Costpoint is necessary.
• Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for financial modeling and data analysis. Demonstrated ability to gather, clean, validate, and analyze operational and financial data from various sources. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with a focus on detail and data accuracy. Effective communication and collaboration with diverse functional teams. Foundational understanding of Lean Production System principles.
• Bonus: Lean or Six Sigma certification/training.