Cost Accounting Manager

Our client, a rapidly growing manufacturing organization, is seeking an experienced Cost Accounting Manager to build and lead its cost accounting function. This highly visible role partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance leadership in a fast-paced, multi-customer production environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader with strong manufacturing cost accounting expertise and a passion for developing processes, controls, and people.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to build and enhance the cost accounting function during significant company growth
• Leadership role with direct supervisory responsibilities
• High exposure to executive leadership and operational decision-making
• Competitive compensation, bonus opportunity, and excellent benefits
• Stable, growing manufacturing environment with strong long-term career potential

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the standard costing process, including bills of materials (BOMs), routings, labor standards, and overhead absorption rates
• Lead job costing activities and ensure accurate cost allocation across production runs, products, and customers
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, yield, and waste variances and partner with Operations to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
• Supervise, mentor, and develop cost accounting team members
• Prepare profitability and margin reporting by product and customer
• Manage inventory valuation, work-in-process accounting, and inventory reconciliations
• Lead cycle counts, physical inventories, and variance investigations
• Support new product launches, customer onboarding, and operational changes through cost analysis
• Assist with month-end close activities related to inventory and cost of goods sold
• Develop and maintain cost accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Support internal and external audits
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and ERP enhancements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, CMA, or CPIM designation preferred
• 5+ years of manufacturing cost accounting experience
• Prior leadership, supervisory, or team lead experience
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, BOMs and routings, inventory and WIP accounting
• Cost variance analysis
• ERP experience, including SAP, NetSuite, SYSPRO, or similar platforms
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong communication, organizational, and project management abilities
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

Compensation

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