About Farm Girl

Farm Girl makes better-for-you cereal that people actually love - and we're growing fast, expanding across Canada and into the US. Behind the brand is a real manufacturing operation: mixing, production, and packaging lines running daily, and a small, senior finance team that punches well above its weight. We're building the finance function ahead of our growth, and this role is a cornerstone of that build-out.

About the role

Cost accounting is not optional in a food manufacturer - it's where the accounting gets interesting. You'll own product costing and inventory accounting end-to-end: setting standards, explaining variances, and turning plant-floor data into numbers leadership can act on. You'll work closely with our production, mixing, and maintenance teams, and you'll be central to a current daily production tracking system we're rolling out right now.

You'll report to the Controller and work directly with the CFO - rare, hands-on mentorship and real visibility for someone who wants to grow with a scaling company.

What you'll do

- Own standard costing: build and maintain standard costs for materials, labour, and overhead across our SKUs, and re-baseline as recipes, volumes, and input prices change
- Analyze and explain variances monthly - purchase price, material usage/yield, labour, and overhead absorption - so cost problems surface early instead of hiding
- Own inventory accounting: valuation of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods (FIFO), overhead absorption, and book-to-physical reconciliations
- Run and improve our daily production tracking: capture output, materials usage, waste, and downtime from the floor, and build the Excel models that turn that data into cost-per-unit reporting
- Partner with production, mixing, and maintenance teams - coordinate cycle counts and stock counts, improve data collection at the source, and help the floor understand why the numbers matter
- Track yield and waste, flag recurring issues (scrap, part failures, overuse), and quantify the margin impact
- Maintain and cost BOMs/recipes,



and support pricing and margin analysis by SKU and customer
- Support month-end close: inventory and COGS entries, cost-related reconciliations, and variance commentary
- Support our annual external review and help strengthen inventory controls as we scale

What we're looking for

- 3–5 years of accounting experience, with at least 1–2 years in cost or inventory accounting in a manufacturing environment (food/CPG a strong asset)
- Solid understanding of standard costing, BOMs, inventory valuation, and variance analysis
- Strong Excel skills - you can build a clean, traceable model from scratch (no hard-coded mystery numbers)
- Comfortable on a production floor: you'd rather walk the line and count the pallets than guess from a desk
- Detail-oriented and organized - you treat an unexplained variance as unfinished work
- Clear communicator who can work with non-finance teams and explain what the data is for
- CPA designation or active enrolment in the CPA program is an asset
- Experience with Xero or similar accounting systems, and with inventory/ERP tools, is an asset

Why join us

- High-growth company with a clear plan - and a finance team being built deliberately, not reactively
- Direct mentorship from the Controller and CFO; your work goes straight to leadership and the board
- Real ownership from day one: this is a new seat, and you'll shape how cost accounting works here
- Room to grow as we expand across Canada and the US

Details

- Full-time, permanent
- On-site at our Toronto production facility (this role lives close to the floor)
- Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 depending on experience, plus benefits

Farm Girl is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and will provide accommodations throughout the hiring process upon request. To apply, submit your resume and a short note on the messiest inventory or costing problem you've untangled.

Pay: $70,000.00-$90,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Work Location: In person

📌 Cost Accountant (Mississauga)
🏢 Farm Girl
📍 Mississauga