Cost Accountant

About Site

The ~70,000‑square‑foot Manassas facility operates within Catalent’s Consumer Health portfolio, supporting programs from early development through commercial manufacturing and packaging. It is designed for dietary supplement and food‑safety cGMP operations, making it distinct from Catalent’s traditional pharmaceutical and biologics manufacturing sites.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Cost Accountant to join our team and play a key role in managing cost accounting processes. In this role, you will ensure accuracy in production and inventory records, maintain compliance with cycle count requirements, and support financial reporting. You will also assist with standard cost development and contribute to the annual budget process. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on operational efficiency and financial integrity.

Location: Manassas, VA
100% Onsite

The Role

• Lead and monitor the Work Order closure process

• Perform all cost accounting responsibilities for month-end close

• Review and enter daily production and consumption records

• Verify monthly raw material, work-in-progress, and finished goods inventory cycle counts; audit and maintain cycle count documentation for accuracy and completeness; ensure compliance with counting frequency and requirements

• Monitor inventory and manage paperwork approval, tracking, and filing to maintain accuracy

• Analyze data for discrepancies in manufactured product costs by reviewing manufacturing variances and identifying issues in routings or bills of materials

• Perform roll of standard costs and ensure all active raw materials and intermediate items have accurate standard costs

• Ensure integrity of standard costs and item attributes that impact costing or standard accounting flows

• Assist in annual budget process with standard cost rate development

• Prepare other monthly and quarterly financial reports as necessary

• Perform other duties as assigned

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum five years’ experience in cost accounting or manufacturing experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field of study

Preferred Skills & Background

• Advanced proficiency with various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as Sage or JD Edwards

• Advanced PC skills, including advanced spreadsheet functions such as Pivot Tables and Lookups

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic

• Competitive Paid Time Off plus 8 paid holidays

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment

• Tuition Reimbursement – support to finish your degree or earn a new one

• Site-based Employee Engagement activities such as potlucks, cookouts, and monthly birthday recognitions

• Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion

• Environmentally friendly, community engagement green initiatives

• Defined career path and annual performance review process with potential for career growth

• WellHub program to promote overall physical and mental wellness

• Perkspot – exclusive discounts from approximately 900+ merchants in various categories

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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