{"id":2971563,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rawlings-sr-cost-accountant","title":"Sr Cost Accountant","company":{"id":1802859,"name":"Rawlings","domain":"rawlings.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rawlings-com","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"ADP","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Saint Louis, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":78000,"max_usd":149000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":5022},"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false},{"name":"Oracle ERP","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-19T20:54:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T08:23:42Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":22,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":22},"description":"Job Title: Senior Cost Accountant\nFLSA Status: Exempt\nDepartment: Accounting\nSupervises: None\nReports to: Controller\nHybrid schedule- 3 days in Office, 2 days from home\nPosition Summary\nThe Senior Cost Accountant supports and advances cost accounting processes, including standard cost maintenance, cost roll activities, and financial reporting within JD Edwards (JDE). This role partners with IT and Operations to ensure accurate cost data while increasing involvement in process improvement and ownership over time.\nKey Responsibilities\nFinancial Close & Reporting\nPrepare and review journal entries related to cost, inventory, and others as needed.\nPerform account reconciliations and investigate variances.\nSupport month-end close and ensure accurate financial reporting\nCost Accuracy & Cost Rolls\nEnsure accuracy and completeness of standard costs across branch plants.\nValidate updates to BOMs, routings, and cost components.\nPartner with IT and analyze cost discrepancies and improve execution.\nSystems & Process Improvement\nCollaborate with IT on system configuration and costing-related enhancements.\nIdentify and support improvements to cost processes and data accuracy.\nDevelop understanding of system-driven cost flows and dependencies.\nCross-Functional Support\nAct as liaison between Accounting, IT, and Operations for cost-related issues.\nCollaborate with Supply Chain Manager to assist insights on cost variances and trends .\nSpecial projects as assigned.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.\n3-5 years of cost accounting experience.\nExperience with JD Edwards (JDE) ERP system is preferred.\nStrong understanding of standard costing and variance analysis.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills.\nAdvanced Excel skills.\n\nRawlings Sporting Goods Total Compensation Package:\nThe health, well-being and financial stability of our employees are a high priority to us. Our benefit plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:\nComprehensive medical/dental/vision plans\nCompany paid life and disability insurance.\nPaid Parental Leave\nEmployee Assistance Program.\n401k (fully vested immediately) with Company match.\nPaid time off\nPaid holidays\nOpportunities for advancement\nEmployee Discount Program","description_format":"text","description_chars":2359,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Consumer Goods","Sporting Goods"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T02:46:09Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":22,"expected_fill_days":118,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/rawlings-sr-cost-accountant","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/rawlings-sr-cost-accountant.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T11:08:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19249,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1802859},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1802859"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Frawlings-sr-cost-accountant"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Frawlings-sr-cost-accountant"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Frawlings-sr-cost-accountant"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/rawlings-sr-cost-accountant\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Frawlings-sr-cost-accountant"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2971563}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"rawlings.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2971563},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}