Cost Accounting Manager

Sr. Cost Accounting Manager

Direct-Hire

Onsite 5 days a week in Monroe, NC, or Richburg, SC

• Relocation Assistance ($) can be provided

$140-160K/yr

The Senior Cost Accounting Manager, Operations Finance will be responsible for inventory, cost planning and estimation, analysis, and operational reporting. This role's primary focus is to provide financial leadership to management across multiple locations and oversight of cross-functional business processes that are necessary to guide effective decision making related to plant operations, new business opportunities, cost reduction and process improvement initiatives.

Essential Functions (other Duties May Be Assigned)

• Oversee inventory, cost accounting and cost estimation processes at multiple site locations
• Develop, implement and maintain cost accounting and inventory policies and procedures to ensure accuracy in financial accounting and operational reporting
• Clearly identify unit cost drivers and trends for material cost and resource cost
• Drive improved visibility into the internal operations of each plant (i.e. absorption, production variances) along with inventory optimization
• Develop, oversee, and present monthly operational results (cost savings, unit cost, throughput data, etc.)
• Lead/Drive continuous improvement methods to maintain, evaluate and update operational standards through coordination with operations (run time, labor levels, supply costs, material costs), technology (yields, steps, blends), and supply chain (flowpath) teams
• Work with plant finance team to understand cost variances and work toward driving total cost down
• Develop and implement processes to analyze and interpret operational costs and product profitability to drive actionable decision-making
• Assist in the annual planning process for material, variable and fixed costs, department expense budgets
• Assist the forecasting & budgeting process with gross margin, absorption and production variance analysis
• Prepare cost models as they relate to new business and long-term agreements
• Assist in the preparation of capital project ROI analysis and oversee post-implementation audits
• Maintain a robust control environment with respect to inventory and safeguarding company assets
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.

Education Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Education Preferred

• Advanced graduate degree (MBA or master’s in accountancy
• CPA and/or CMA certification

Experience Required

• 8 years relevant accounting and leadership experience (prefer multi-location, midsize to large company)
• 5 years of progressive cost and/or manufacturing experience (working with materials cost and plant controlling)

Knowledge Of

• Background in manufacturing, preferably in metals industry
• Unit cost analysis
• Product cost estimation experience
• Cost controlling/cost management

Skilled In

• ERP experience in a manufacturing setting (Oracle experience a plus)
• Strong problem solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Project management skills
• Strong Excel and Hyperion experience preferred as well as productivity tools (PowerBI, SQL, or similar)

Ability To

• Self-directed with ability to lead and communicate across multiple functions and levels of the organization
• Intellectual curiosity and initiative to proactively understand and improve on status quo
• Ability to explain finance/accounting concepts in layman terms to non-financial managers
• Ability to embrace and drive change
• Ability to manage through conflicting priorities with prioritization mindset and eliminate non value added activities
• Detail oriented, highly organized and able to manage multiple assignments with minimal supervision