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Job Title: Senior Cost AccountantJob Description

The Senior Cost Accountant will focus on all aspects of cost accounting and inventory management, with a comprehensive understanding of manufacturing processes. This role involves cost and item setup in JDE, inventory control, and reconciling inventory and variances. The position is integral in managing manufacturing variances, excess and obsolete inventory, and lower of cost or market calculations. The Senior Cost Accountant will oversee day-to-day inventory transactions across various sites, including third-party facilities, and collaborate with departments to ensure inventory accuracy.

Responsibilities

+ Perform month-end close activities, including preparing and posting journal entries, completing reconciliations, and ensuring SOX controls are met.

+ Conduct financial analysis for the profit and loss statement and balance sheet.

+ Regularly review inventory status and recommend reserves for slow-moving, obsolete, excess inventory, and adjustments for lower of cost or market.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve inventory-related issues and ensure accurate, timely, and reliable inventory records.

+ Establish and improve controls across supply chain and finance functions, and develop key performance indicators and operational metrics.

+ Support cross-functional initiatives and participate in training activities to strengthen operational knowledge and enhance inventory management practices.

Essential Skills

+ Cost accounting

+ General ledger management

+ Reconciliation

+ Month-end close procedures

+ Journal entry preparation

+ Cost accounting in a manufacturing environment

Additional Skills & Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree

Work Environment

This position is within an American publicly traded generics and specialty pharmaceutical company. The work environment is dynamic and offers opportunities for growth, including an 8% annual bonus and potential to advance into a managerial role.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $95000.00 - $105000.00/yr.

At the heart of our Total Rewards commitment is a comprehensive, flexible and competitive benefits program for eligible positions that enables you to choose the plans and coverage that meet your personal needs. This includes above-market, diverse and robust health and insurance benefits to meet the varied needs of our employees as well as a significant 401(k) matching contribution to help our employees save for retirement. We also promote employee well-being with programs that help you enjoy your career alongside life’s many other commitments and opportunities.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Bridgewater,NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 31, 2025.

About Aston Carter:

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.