Cost Analysts

On site | Full Time | Skokie, IL

🎯 About the Role

Edwards Label is seeking a detail oriented Cost Analyst / Cost Reporting Specialist to support our manufacturing operations. This role focuses on collecting, organizing, and reporting cost data related to materials, labor, and production activity.

🔍 What You Will Do

• Collect, organize, and maintain cost data related to labor, materials, scrap, overhead, and production activity
• Assist with preparing daily, weekly, and monthly cost reports and summaries for management
• Track actual job costs compared to estimated costs and help identify and flag variances
• Maintain and update spreadsheets, dashboards, and cost tracking tools
• Support monitoring of key performance metrics such as labor usage, material consumption, scrap, and production efficiency
• Work closely with production, estimating, order engineering, and accounting teams to ensure data accuracy and consistency
• Support pricing, quoting, and budgeting processes by organizing and providing cost data
• Assist with tracking material pricing changes, supplier cost fluctuations, and component usage
• Review cost-related data from production and other departments to confirm accuracy
• Support month end cost activities by organizing, validating, and reconciling cost data
• Assist in identifying trends, discrepancies, and areas for review within cost and production data
• Support margin and profitability reporting by gathering and organizing data
• Assist with basic variance analysis and help identify potential causes of cost differences
• Support process improvement efforts by providing cost-related data and observations

🧠 What We Are Looking For

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred
• 1 to 2 years of experience in accounting, data analysis, manufacturing, or similar field
• Basic to intermediate Excel skills
• Strong attention to detail and organization
• Ability to follow processes and work with structured data
• Interest in manufacturing, operations, or cost analysis

💡 Nice to Have

• Experience with ERP systems or data tracking tools
• Exposure to reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment

Edwards Label is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal access to programs, services and employment is available to all persons.  Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.

🏭 Work Environment

• Office setting within a manufacturing facility
• occasional time spent on the production floor
• Moderate noise levels