Cost Accountant
A cost accountant is a financial professional who helps businesses understand and manage the costs involved in producing goods or delivering services. Their main goal? To make sure every penny spent is accounted for—and ideally, optimized.
Here’s what they typically do:
Analyze production costs like materials, labor, and overhead
Develop budgets and forecast future expenses
Identify inefficiencies and suggest cost-saving strategies
Support pricing decisions by calculating the true cost of products or services
Prepare internal financial reports to guide management decisions
Unlike financial accountants, who focus on external reporting (like tax filings or investor reports), cost accountants work behind the scenes to help companies run more efficiently
East Renfrewshire (Scots: Aest Renfrewshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region. The northeastern part of the council area is close to Glasgow and many of the council area's northern settlements fall into the Greater Glasgow urban area.
Clockwise, East Renfrewshire borders Glasgow City council area to the northeast, South Lanarkshire to the southeast, East Ayrshire to the southwest, North Ayrshire to the west and Renfrewshire to the northwest.
Until 1975, the council area formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. These three council areas together still form a single lieutenancy area called Renfrewshire.