Production Cost Accountant

You may not know our name, but you know our products. What we make is part the places where we live, work and play – all day, everyday.

Zekelman is a family of companies — 100% domestic manufacturers — with a legacy dating back to 1877. We're proud to be the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America and the leading innovator in multi-family housing development.

We believe in what we build and what we build, builds the world around us. Hospitals, hotels, schools, bridges, airports and more.

Come build a career you believe in.

About the Role
Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, is seeking a Production Cost Accountant for our facilities located in Wheatland, PA. Reporting to the Production Accounting Manager, you will play a key role in calculating product costs and analyzing operational variances resulting from manufacturing activity at the Company's local locations.

This position requires strong analytical, organizational, and financial skills, and offers the opportunity to contribute directly to accurate product costing, improved financial reporting, and operational decision-making.

You will collaborate with plant personnel, auditors, and management teams, ensuring that production data is accurate and that cost reporting supports strategic business decisions. This is an onsite role at our Wheatland, PA facility.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a detail-oriented environment, enjoys problem-solving, and can manage multiple financial analyses while meeting tight deadlines.

What You'll Do

• Extract and analyze production data to provide management with detailed cost information not ordinarily supplied by general accounting systems.
• Verify and correct weekly part cost update reports to ensure manufactured direct costs are accurate and realistic.
• Perform audits, investigative functions, and calculate overhead to ensure FIFO inventory costs are accurate.
• Assist in the preparation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
• Perform work order analysis on various plant production orders and support product costing functions.
• Provide estimated cost information for future products to support decision-making.
• Assist auditors during annual physical inventory counts and provide requested documentation.
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