Cost Accountant
Location: Palatine
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Title: Cost Accountant Location: Palatine, IL Work Setting:
Fully Onsite Salary: $80,000 - $100,000 base Discretionary Bonus
Employment Type: Full-Time | Direct Hire About the Company: Our
client is a stable and growing manufacturing company located in the
northern suburbs of Chicago. They foster a hands-on, team-oriented
environment and are looking for a dedicated Cost Accountant to join
their finance team. This role offers the opportunity to work
closely with both operations and finance, providing critical
insights into cost and inventory performance. Key Responsibilities:
Maintain and analyze standard costs for materials, labor, and
overhead Perform inventory analysis and reconcile variances Assist
in budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close activities Partner
with operations and supply chain to support cost control and
efficiency initiatives Prepare journal entries and internal reports
related to costing Support continuous improvement projects related
to financial processes and reporting Utilize ERP systems to extract
and analyze cost data Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in
Accounting or Finance 3 years of relevant cost and inventory
accounting experience Strong understanding of standard costing,
inventory management, and variance analysis Comfortable in a
hands-on, blended accounting/finance role Excellent Excel skills
and experience working within ERP systems Epicor experience is a
strong plus
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