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Cost Manager - Pittsburgh, PA

SMS
Pittsburgh, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/25/2027
Cost Manager

Role: The Company is looking to hire a business leader to fill growth needs of the Finance team. Directly reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this role will serve as financial support for the operations of a $150M global industrial services organization.

Responsibilities:

  • General financial support to one of the Regional Operational Directors
  • Analyze financial performance and communicate to Operations and Senior Management; interpret financial results for users who must make economic or business decisions
  • Design, build, and maintain detailed internal reporting to drive business awareness across global operations
  • Own the quarterly forecast and annual budget process for the Region
  • Develop and implement KPIs and dashboards for Operations support
  • Working closely with Operations leaders, develop weekly forecasts and lead weekly forecast calls and communicate variance analysis
  • Develop standardized monthly financial reporting for monthly Operations Reviews
  • Build out new processes and procedures to improve efficiencies across the organization
  • Identify financial improvement opportunities and collaborate with Operations on remediation plans
  • Track financial impact of new initiatives, and ensure proper recording of Capex and Depreciation by site
  • Implement ROI analysis/process:
    • New product/service ROIs; review actual performance vs ROI
    • Creation of AFI’s (Authority for investment) to support CAPEX including justification and ROI calculations
  • Analyze potential acquisition target companies’ financial performance and support due diligence efforts
  • Support the month-end and year-end accounting close activities ensuring accurate and complete site and regional profit and loss
  • Collaborate and communicate with all levels of the organization, including other analysts, operational managers, and the executive team
Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Must be prepared to learn this business spending time working with operations in a heavy industrial business
  • Experience in heavy industry and mobile Caterpillar type equipment a plus
  • CPA, MBA not required but would be a plus
  • 5-7 years’ experience in finance or accounting with at least 3 years in a financial planning role
  • Advanced Excel, Power Points and 3-statement financial modeling skills required
  • Analytical with strong IT skills specifically in ERP and related reporting/business intelligence systems
  • Demonstrated experience supporting industrial services, manufacturing facilities and operations
  • Ability to travel 25% to company locations

Physical Demands

Ability to walk more than 100 yards; stand as needed; lift and carry no more than 30 lbs.; climb stairs and/or ladders; stooping; crawling; reaching; handling; pushing; pulling; twisting; kneeling; squatting; seeing; speaking; hearing; problem solving, discretion and independent judgment; regular and dependable attendance.

Working Conditions

Generally working within a professional office environment using electronic and other company resources as essential tools to complete required work; travel to supplier and/or internal customer locations will be required.

What we can Offer:

  • A comprehensive compensation package to commensurate with experience including bonuses
  • Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, company-paid life insurance, etc. offered on day 1!
  • 401(k) with 4% matching, 100% vested as of first contribution
  • Paid holidays, 4 weeks paid vacation
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunity to grow within maintenance management

SMS Mill Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. SMS Mill Services, LLC makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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