The Role

Cost Accountant

Co. Kildare

Permanent

Hybrid

We are looking for a qualified Cost Accountant with manufacturing experience to join a busy finance team.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting business performance through accurate product costing, variance analysis and commercial financial insight.

Key Responsibilities

The role will include responsibility for:

• Product costing, including new product development, recipe and packaging changes.
• Maintaining accurate product costing data, Bills of Materials (BOMs) and routing information.
• Supporting pricing decisions, tenders and commercial proposals through detailed costing and financial modelling.
• Leading or supporting the annual Cost of Production (COP) budgeting process.
• Producing meaningful cost analysis and identifying opportunities to improve margins and profitability.
• Reviewing and analysing material, labour and purchase price variances, providing clear commentary and recommendations.
• Business partnering with Operations, Procurement, Commercial and NPD teams to support decision-making.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across costing processes, financial controls and reporting.
• Contributing to ERP system enhancements, costing projects and process improvements where required.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have:

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment with strong standard costing knowledge.
• Experience analysing manufacturing variances and product costing.
• Strong ERP systems experience (IFS or similar would be advantageous).
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A proactive, commercially minded and continuous improvement approach.