Cost Accountant

Cost Accountant

About Sun Noodle

Are you known to bring warmth, energy, and joy to everything you touch? Then please keep reading because we’re looking for talent like you.

Founded in Hawai‘i in 1981, Sun Noodle is a family-owned company dedicated to the craft of fresh, premium noodles. With production facilities in Hawai‘i, California, New Jersey, and Rotterdam, Sun Noodle serves both world-class chefs and everyday noodle lovers. Through quality, creativity, and care, we aim to brighten people’s days with every bowl of noodles. Expect camaraderie, fun company events, and plenty of noodle tastings as part of your everyday life here. That’s enough about us for now. Below, we’ll share a little bit more about what we’re looking for in you.

Role Overview

The Cost Accountant will support Sun Noodle’s manufacturing accounting, product costing, inventory valuation, and financial reporting processes. This role is responsible for maintaining accurate standard costs, supporting inventory accounting and reconciliations, analyzing manufacturing variances, and assisting with month-end close activities related to inventory and production. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment, strong attention to detail, advanced Excel skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with Finance, Operations, Sales, and Procurement to ensure accurate reporting and practical analysis. Like everyone at Sun Noodle, we're looking for someone who is self-motivated, curious, collaborative, and willing to wear multiple hats as we continue growing our business. Most importantly: you must love noodles

Key Responsibilities

• Own the standard cost system and ensure product costs accurately reflect current material, labor, and manufacturing overhead.
• Support inventory accounting, including reconciliations and valuation.
• Support ERP system enhancements and data accuracy initiatives.
• Analyze manufacturing variances, including material usage, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, production yields, waste trends and cost changes.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities related to inventory costs.
• Review bills of material, routings, and manufacturing orders to support costing accuracy.
• Prepare manufacturing cost reporting, including key trends, variances, and operational cost drivers.
• Assist with physical inventory counts, cycle count analysis, and audit requests related to inventory and cost accounting.
• Provide financial analysis for pricing decisions and new product development, including profitability analysis by SKU, customer, and facility.

Experience \& Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 3–5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory accounting, variance analysis, and GAAP.
• Experience with ERP systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience participating in process improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Food, beverage, or CPG manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central preferred.
• Self-motivated, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Must love Noodles!

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape an iconic and growing food brand
• A creative culture centered around craftsmanship, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Exposure to a global business with diverse initiatives—from ramen festivals to retail roadshows to restaurant collabs
• Competitive compensation and benefits

If you love ramen, storytelling, creativity, and bringing joy to people through food—let’s talk.