- Los Angeles, California
About
OVERHILL FARMS INC.
JOB DESCRIPTION
CLASSIFICATION: Cost Accountant Manager
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/19/2025
REPORTS TO: Controller
DEPARTMENT: Finance
EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT: Exempt
Overhill Farms is a leading custom manufacturer of high quality prepared frozen foods, serving customers in the branded retail, private label and foodservice sectors. We provide a one-stop solution that offers new product development or precise replication of existing recipes as well as product manufacturing and packaging. Our custom product lines include poultry, meat and fish specialties, pastas, soups, sauces, certified organic and vegetarian offerings. These can be prepared as entrées, plated meals or bulk-packed meal components.
Overhill Farms: A custom manufacturer of high-quality frozen food products
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Cost Accounting Manager is responsible for managing and improving the organization's cost accounting processes, supporting operations with detailed cost and variance analysis, and ensuring financial integrity through accurate cost reporting for two plants. This role partners with Operations and Finance to help drive business decisions that improve efficiency and profitability and plays a key role in month-end closing, budgeting, and physical inventory oversight.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates in month-end and year-end closing for assigned areas.
- Helps support Operations through partnering and preparation of timely detailed analytical reports regarding costs, spends and variances. Analyzes manufacturing operations, equipment availability and utilization and labor operations to ensure efficiency.
- Performs all activities of cost accounting function. Responsible for all cost accounting arenas including standard cost roll, multi-level bills of materials, direct and indirect labor, overhead rates and absorption, product cost development.
- Performs various general accounting activities, including but not limited to journal entries and account reconciliations for assigned areas.
- Assists in identifying opportunities to improve profitability of the company through development and generation of appropriate customer, product and cost reporting, and through thorough understanding of the business and its processes.
- Helps guide financial decisions by participating in establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
- Assists in overseeing and valuation of annual physical inventory.
- Participates in monitoring and confirming financial condition by participating in audits; providing information to external auditors.
- Prepares quarterly pricing bids for customers as needed.
- Actively participates in the quarterly forecasts and annual budgeting process by providing updated cost information across different product lines and manufacturing variances.
- Manages 2 direct reports
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Economics or 10+ years of manufacturing experience in cost accounting, food manufacturing preferred.
- 3+ years of cost accounting experience in general and cost accounting.
- Ability to utilize a system of key metrics, financial measurements and manufacturing cost analysis used to measure operating performance and drive managerial decision-making.
- 3+ experience with an ERP system - Preferably SAP by Design, Oracle or similar.
- Strong computer skills with Microsoft software (Excel, Access, Office, and PowerPoint)
- Strong written, verbal and analytical and problem-solving skills with proven experience in driving process improvement
- 3+ experience of annual budget and periodic forecasts preparation.
- Managerial experience - Preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
Languages
- English