Cost Accounting Manager
- Location
- Vista, CA
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Salary: 131K - 146K
Location - Vista, CA
POSITION SUMMARY
The Cost Accounting Manager is an experienced cost accounting leader responsible for building and leading the cost accounting function within Operations Finance, including standard costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing variance analysis, multi-plant inventory reconciliation, and margin reporting in SAP S/4HANA. This role partners closely with Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams across multiple manufacturing plants to ensure product costs are accurately captured and reported, and plays a key role in strengthening cost accounting processes and controls as the Operations Finance function scales.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Function Statements
Standard Costing and Inventory Valuation
• Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials, packaging, and finished goods in SAP S/4HANA,
- Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials, packaging, and finished goods in SAP S/4HANA,
• Oversee annual and periodic standard cost rolls in SAP S/4HANA, including labor and overhead rate
- Oversee annual and periodic standard cost rolls in SAP S/4HANA, including labor and overhead rate
• Ensure inventory is properly valued in SAP S/4HANA and reconciled to the general ledger across all
- Ensure inventory is properly valued in SAP S/4HANA and reconciled to the general ledger across all
• Review and approve journal entries related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing overhead
- Review and approve journal entries related to inventory, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing overhead
Variance Analysis and Reporting
• Analyze and report monthly manufacturing variances — purchase price variance (PPV), material usage/yield variance, labor efficiency variance, and overhead absorption variance — by plant and product line.
• Partner with plant and manufacturing leadership to identify root causes of variances and drive corrective
- Partner with plant and manufacturing leadership to identify root causes of variances and drive corrective
• Stand up and own the slow-moving and obsolete (SLOB) inventory reserve process, including monitoring scrap and obsolescence, ensuring reserve calculations are timely and well-supported, and driving timely write-off of inventory no longer usable through the Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Prepare product margin and cost analysis to support pricing decisions, new product introductions, and
- Prepare product margin and cost analysis to support pricing decisions, new product introductions, and
• Develop and maintain variance reporting analyses in SAP S/4HANA and BI tools to give plant and
- Develop and maintain variance reporting analyses in SAP S/4HANA and BI tools to give plant and
Month-End Close and Internal Controls
• Lead month-end close activities related to inventory and cost accounting across all manufacturing plants,
- Lead month-end close activities related to inventory and cost accounting across all manufacturing plants,
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over inventory valuation, cost accounting, and physical inventory
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls over inventory valuation, cost accounting, and physical inventory
• Coordinate and support physical inventory counts and cycle counts across all plants, including reconciliation
- Coordinate and support physical inventory counts and cycle counts across all plants, including reconciliation
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, company policy, and audit requirements related to cost accounting and
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, company policy, and audit requirements related to cost accounting and
• Perform multi-plant inventory reconciliation each close cycle, reconciling perpetual inventory, inter-
- Perform multi-plant inventory reconciliation each close cycle, reconciling perpetual inventory, inter-
• Establish and manage a documented month-end close calendar, ownership matrix, and deliverable-review
- Establish and manage a documented month-end close calendar, ownership matrix, and deliverable-review
Cross-Functional Partnership and Process Improvement
• Serve as the finance partner to Manufacturing, Warehouse, and Supply Chain across all manufacturing plants
- Serve as the finance partner to Manufacturing, Warehouse, and Supply Chain across all manufacturing plants
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives to increase the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of cost
- Identify and lead process improvement initiatives to increase the accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of cost
• Support the build-out of the Operations Finance function, including documentation of policies, procedures,
- Support the build-out of the Operations Finance function, including documentation of policies, procedures,
• Establish consistent documentation, file-management, and workpaper standards so analyses and close
- Establish consistent documentation, file-management, and workpaper standards so analyses and close
• Directly supervise, coach, and develop cost accounting staff; set clear priorities, deadlines, and quality
- Directly supervise, coach, and develop cost accounting staff; set clear priorities, deadlines, and quality
- Performs other duties as assigned.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statements • Analytical - Ability to gather, interpret, and draw sound conclusions from complex cost and financial data. • Detail Oriented - Ability to pay close attention to the accuracy of costs, variances, and financial data. • Problem Solving - Ability to identify root causes of issues and drive them to resolution. • Leadership - Ability to lead, coach, and develop staff, and to influence cross-functional partners without direct authority. • Communication - Ability to clearly communicate financial concepts to non-finance audiences. • Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take action to solve a problem or reach a goal. • Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task. • Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Education
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
- Preferred: CPA, CMA, or MBA.
Experience
• 7-10+ years of progressive cost accounting or manufacturing accounting experience, including standard
- 7-10+ years of progressive cost accounting or manufacturing accounting experience, including standard
• 3+ years of experience in a supervisory or people-management capacity, leading cost accounting or
- 3+ years of experience in a supervisory or people-management capacity, leading cost accounting or
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred, including the Materials Management (MM) and
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred, including the Materials Management (MM) and
• Manufacturing environment experience required, ideally within a multi-plant/multi-site organization; food,
- Manufacturing environment experience required, ideally within a multi-plant/multi-site organization; food,
- Strong understanding of GAAP as it relates to inventory and cost accounting.
- Experience supporting or leading physical inventory and cycle count processes across multiple locations.
Computer Skills
- Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling and large data set analysis.
• Hands-on proficiency with SAP S/4HANA (Controlling and Materials Management modules) and
- Hands-on proficiency with SAP S/4HANA (Controlling and Materials Management modules) and
- Experience with BI/reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau) a plus.
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