Senior Cost Accountant

Senior Cost Accountant | Hybrid Northern Subs

The Senior Cost Accountant partners closely with Operations to ensure inventory accuracy and valuation, address internal control weaknesses, and enhance the efficiency of inventory accounting. This role is central to improving current processes, analyzing and reporting cost and inventory data, and offers broad responsibilities with high visibility across multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in month-end close to ensure accurate preparation of financial statements.
• Prepare journal entries, monthly account reconciliations, and related financial reports.
• Research and resolve variances in financial statement reconciliations.
• Analyze and assess current workflows to identify best practices.
• Develop project plans, outline deliverables, and manage small project rollouts.
• Support leadership in implementing large-scale projects and completing other special assignments.
• Collaborate with team members and communicate relevant updates to direct leadership.
• Ensure the security and confidentiality of documents and data within the scope of responsibility.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of accounting experience.
• Bachelor s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience.
• Collaborative mindset, fostering a high-performance work environment with peers and managers.
• Proactive, with a strong drive for success and resilience in overcoming challenges.
• Customer-focused approach, seeking to understand and address customer needs.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to quality and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.

Brilliant is an award-winning direct-hire, contract and consulting practice specializing in accounting, finance and technology for the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. Many of Brilliant s team members include former accounting, finance and technology professionals who are experts in the fields.