Cost Accountant
Location: Shelburne, ON
Compensation: $90,000 - $95,000 per year
Work Model: Hybrid (In Office Tuesdays & Thursdays)
About the Opportunity
Ice River Sustainable Solutions is looking for a Cost Accountant to join our growing Finance team. This role will play a critical part in supporting manufacturing operations through cost analysis, inventory management, budgeting support, financial reporting, and operational decision-making.
Working closely with plant leadership, operations, supply chain, and finance teams, you will provide valuable insights into manufacturing performance, identify cost-saving opportunities, and help drive operational excellence across our business.
This position is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who thrives in a manufacturing environment and enjoys partnering with operations to improve financial visibility and business performance.
What You'll Be Doing
- Maintain and support product costing, standard costing, and cost updates within the ERP system.
- Analyze manufacturing costs including labour, materials, overhead, freight, waste, yield, and production efficiency.
- Prepare and review cost variance analyses against standard costs, budgets, forecasts, and prior periods.
- Investigate significant variances and collaborate with operations to identify root causes and corrective actions.
- Support month-end close activities, including inventory, costing, accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing expenses.
- Support inventory valuation, cycle counts, reconciliations, and annual physical inventory processes.
- Partner with plant leadership to review operational performance and identify financial risks and opportunities.
- Conduct financial analyses related to pricing, margins, labour planning, waste reduction, and operational improvements.
- Support annual budgeting and forecasting activities for manufacturing operations.
- Develop and maintain plant-level reporting, dashboards, and key performance indicators.
- Review bills of materials, labour standards, routings, and overhead assumptions.
- Support capital project analysis, cost savings initiatives, and ROI evaluations.
- Assist with internal and external audit requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve costing processes, reporting accuracy, controls, and financial visibility.
What We're Looking For
- Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting or finance experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience with:
- Cost accounting
- Standard costing
- Variance analysis
- Inventory accounting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Operational financial analysis
- CPA designation or active CPA enrollment is considered an asset.
- Experience supporting manufacturing operations and plant leadership teams.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing cost drivers and operational metrics.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience working within ERP systems.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
Why Join Ice River Sustainable Solutions?
- Competitive salary of $90,000 - $95,000
- Hybrid work model with in-office collaboration on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Opportunity to partner directly with manufacturing and operational leadership
- Exposure to a growing, vertically integrated manufacturing organization
- Collaborative team environment with opportunities for professional growth and development
- Meaningful work supporting sustainability-focused operations across North America
Apply today and help drive financial performance within a growing Canadian manufacturing organization.
