Senior Cost Analyst

Are you detail-oriented with a passion for Cost Accounting? Join our team as a Senior Cost Analyst and play a key role at Doncasters.

At Doncasters we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cost Analyst to join our team in Groton, CT.

The core hours for this role are 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. The salary range is $75,000 to $85,000 base.

Why join us?

Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere, or switch on a light, there’s a chance Doncasters played a part in making that happen?

We are a specialist manufacturer of complex precision cast components for aerospace engines and industrial gas turbines, supporting leading OEM programmes.

We excel in turning metals into motion, working in alloys and manufacturing complex product designs to offer an unparalleled range of solutions for high performance and specialist applications.

We employ more than 3,000 people across 14 core manufacturing facilities globally, providing the scale and expertise required to serve leading aerospace engine and IGT OEMs.

At Doncasters, we believe in doing things the right way. That means acting with integrity, delivering with commitment, and working as one team to achieve more, together. Whether you're developing precision-engineered components, running world-class manufacturing operations, or supporting our people and processes, your role is part of something much bigger.

Join us and contribute to a legacy built on performance, precision, and the values that drive us forward - excellence, commitment, integrity, and teamwork.

What we can offer you:

• An interesting and varied field to work in
• An environment where you can learn and grow through constant development opportunities
• PTO
• Competitive 401K
• Competitive medical insurance

The Role

The Senior Cost Analyst will coordinate with Operations on inventory cycle counts and physical inventories, including audits and root cause analysis. In this role you will administer the annual standard cost update process, ensuring appropriate cost build-up and allocation across products.

Interested?

If you have any of the below skills, we would love to talk to you about your next career move:

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close processes with accurate cost-related data.
• Part cost analysis – provide data to engineering for BoMs.
• Assist in month-end close – journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
• Collaborate with operations to maintain and refine cost drivers and costing assumptions.
• Oversee the development, maintenance, and analysis of standard cost structures and gross margin performances.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on managerial accounting matters, including cost comparisons and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Partner with manufacturing teams to support purchasing, inventory management, and materials control activities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, supply chain, and procurement teams to review material, labor, overhead, vendor costs, and raw material trends.
• Monitor key cost drivers and identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership through clear, actionable reports or presentations.
• Assists in developing, implementing, managing and continually measuring processes, ensuring the accuracy of job costing standards, including annual and ad-hoc cost roll exercises as required.
• Support production team with ad-hoc inquiries, requests and reporting.

To Apply

Apply online.

We’ll be in touch with you quickly after receiving your application.

Equal opportunities

Doncasters is committed to achieving workforce diversity and we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, national origin, race, age, sex, gender identity, disability- physical or hidden, sexual orientation, veteran status, religious belief, or any other characteristics protected by law. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We encourage all applicants to reach out if they require any support or accommodations to enable them to thrive throughout our recruitment process. Please contact [email protected].