Job Title: Accounting Manager

Job Description

This candidate will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing financial performance. Primary responsibilities will include analyzing and controlling costs, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and driving operational process improvements. This position requires a strong appetite for cost accounting and a keen interest in operational process improvement and creation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cost accounting system, documentation, and records.
• Analyze manufacturing costs and prepare regular reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs.
• Monitor inventory transactions and reconcile inventory accounts.
• Assist in month-end close of the General Ledger and cost accounting entries.
• Support budgeting and forecasting activities by providing cost data and analysis.
• Conduct physical inventories and monitor the cycle count program.
• Analyze changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services provided to determine effects on cost.
• Provide cost estimates for new products and product modifications.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering to improve cost accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Fundamental understanding of SOX compliance.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting principles and practices.
• Experience with ERP systems related to costing (M2M preferred).
• Experience with standard costing systems.
• Advanced Excel skills; proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (preferred), Finance, or related field (CPA or CMA preferred).
• Experience with general ledger, inventory management, cost analysis, inventory accounting, month end, forecasting, budgeting, and reconciliation.
• Critical thinking skills for improving and/or creating costing processes, accounting, financial reporting, reporting, accounts payable, and compliance.

Work Environment

The work environment is on-site with travel to Indiana required one week a month to visit other sites. The role offers a lot of room for growth and career pathing, a highly visible role within a collaborative environment, and a strong benefits package. The organization is in growth mode and offers stability, being backed by a large organization.