Plant Costing and Inventory Accounting Specialist

Job overview

The Plant Costing and Inventory Accounting Specialist role is remote in the USA, with a full-time salaried schedule. Compensation is $85,000–$95,000 per year, plus bonus and benefits. Chemtrade says it innovates to solve customer problems safely and sustainably; this role reports to the Business Controller and supports manufacturing activities across plants.

What you'll do

• Lead month-end close for manufacturing activities
• analyze product costing, inventory balances, and production variances across plants
• maintain standard costing models and annual cost updates
• prepare financial reports, budgets, forecasts, and performance analyses
• reconcile inventory accounts and coordinate or participate in physical counts
• partner with Operations and Supply Chain on cost-saving opportunities
• support policy compliance, internal controls, audit readiness, continuous improvement, and ERP optimization.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

plant costing specialist

remote usa

manufacturing accounting

inventory accounting

standard costing

variance analysis

month-end close

financial reporting

sap s/4hana preferred

$85k–$95k

bonus

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Bonus and benefits
• family-friendly benefits and career development opportunities
• employee resource groups.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in manufacturing accounting or finance; CPA is preferred or may be in progress. The posting identifies the primary location as Remote USA.

About the employer

Chemtrade is hiring for this role. Industry: Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing. Sector: 32.