Cost Analyst

As a cost analyst, you study what things cost a company and how to make those costs work harder. You calculate the expenses behind products, services, and operations, from materials and labor to overhead, and analyze them to support pricing, budgeting, and efficiency decisions. Day to day, you pull data from finance systems, build models and reports, flag where costs are drifting, and give managers a clear read on where the business can save money or invest more wisely.