Position Summary

As the Cost Accountant, you will hold a key leadership role within the finance department and serve as a strategic partner on the plant leadership team. Reporting directly to the Canadian Controller, you will collaborate closely with Operations leadership to monitor plant performance, deliver financial insights, and support data-driven decision-making aimed at achieving best-in-class operational results. You will also play an integral role in the successful implementation of the JDE system.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze manufacturing and operational costs, variances, and margins vs budget
• Monitor inventory transactions and ensure accuracy in cost reporting
• Conduct cost-benefit analysis and provide recommendations to optimize efficiency
• Collaborate with operations, production, and procurement teams to understand cost drivers.
• Maintain and improve standard costing systems
• Prepare weekly operational cost forecasts
• Support the month-end and year-end close process with accurate cost accounting data and reports
• Assist in budget preparation by providing input on cost and plant overhead assumptions
• Optimize usage of the JD Edwards Enterprise One ERP system for manufacturing.

Implementation in 2026.

• Lead continuous improvement efforts associated with internal controls, processes, and procedures
• Emphasis on internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization; create and promote a positive and supportive work environment

Essential Qualifications

• Strong analytical ability, good organization skills, and excellent time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills will be important
• Ability to build trustworthy relationships with business partners
• Continuously seeks opportunities to enhance knowledge and processes

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or a professional accounting designation
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cost accounting in manufacturing environment
• Experience with inventory management and tracking, product costing and variance analysis
• Strong knowledge with ERP systems
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• Required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
• The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position works in a manufacturing setting.
• Must be able to adapt to the noise level of a manufacturing setting, which is usually moderate to heavy.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a computer, phone, printer/scanner, and filing cabinets.
• The temperature will vary from hot to cold, depending on the weather.