Trinity Industries

Sr. Cost Accountant

Trinity Industries$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance required
  • 5+ years' experience as an Accountant
  • 3+ years of experience as a Cost Accountant or Cost Analyst
  • Strong understanding of absorption costing
  • Knowledge of variable vs fixed expense analysis
  • Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP highly preferred
  • Proficiency in data analytics using Power BI or Agentic AI highly preferred

Responsibilities

  • Support developing and maintaining the cost accounting system
  • Determine costs and efficiency of purchasing activities
  • Review costs for external inventory, labor, and material
  • Coordinate cost accounting procedures across the enterprise
  • Gather and analyze cost data to find inventory discrepancies
  • Generate reports on inventory, material costs, labor and overhead rates
  • Perform General Ledger account analysis and reconciliations for inventory and cost accounts

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Flexible work arrangements
Full Job Description
The Sr. Cost Accountant is a member of Trinity's Production Operations and Support Services Accounting team and will be responsible providing cost accounting support and analysis while playing a key role in developing, maintaining and analyzing material cost, purchase price variances and material usage variances. This individual will partner with individuals across the organization to ensure the integrity and availability of standard cost for materials and goods both produced and purchased. What you'll do: • Support the development and maintain cost accounting system, documentation, and records • Determine the costs and efficiency of company purchasing activities • Review costs for all external inventory, labor, and material purchases • Coordinate cost accounting procedures and activity across the enterprise to ensure standardization and consistency • Gather and analyze cost data to investigate discrepancies in inventory • Generate reports relating to inventory, material costs, and labor and overhead rates • Perform General Ledger account analysis and reconciliation related to inventory and cost accounts • Timeliness of reports • Technical accounting skills • Support process improvement and automation • Analysis for recommended solutions • General Ledger reconciliations What you'll need: • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/ Accounting/ Finance required • 5+ years' experience as an Accountant, with 3+ years of experience as a Cost Accountant, Cost Analyst or similar role • Strong understanding of absorption costing and variable vs fixed expense analysis Highly preferred skills: • Experience with Oracle Cloud ERP • Data analytics using Power BI or Agentic AI

About Trinity Industries

Trinity Industries, Inc. is a diversified industrial company that owns market-leading businesses which provide products and services to the energy, transportation, chemical, and construction sectors. Trinity reports its financial results in five principal business segments: the Rail Group, the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Inland Barge Group, the Construction Products Group and the Energy Equipment Group. Trinity?s businesses provide industrial products and services ranging from railcars, barges, storage containers, and aggregates to highway products, structural wind towers, railcar parts, and railcar leasing and management services.
Learn more about Trinity Industries
Size
5,845 employees
Market Cap
$2.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$147.3 million
Founded
1933
5 Year Trend
-13.3%
Revenue
$1.9 billion
NASDAQ

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