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Senior Manager, Cost Accounting
EnerSysSenior Manager overseeing regional cost accounting for a global leader in stored energy solutions. Leading a team to ensure accurate financial reporting and control activities across the Americas.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, coach, and develop a regional team responsible for cost accounting, inventory accounting, fixed asset accounting, and related activities.
- Set clear expectations, priorities, and accountability for timely and accurate execution of close, reporting, reconciliations, and control activities.
- Promote strong ownership, timely issue resolution, clear communication, and consistent execution across the Americas.
- Support training, knowledge transfer, succession planning, and development of team capabilities.
- Address performance issues directly and in a timely manner and provide clear, constructive feedback.
- Lead regional cost accounting activities, including standard costing, product costing, purchase price variance analysis, inventory valuation, manufacturing variance analysis, inventory reserves, and related close processes.
- Oversee the standard cost rollout process and related analysis, including impacts to gross margin, transfer pricing, and intercompany profit.
- Review, analyze, and explain cost drivers, manufacturing variances, inventory movements, reserves, and cost of goods sold results.
- Ensure inventory and cost accounting results are accurate, complete, and consistently reported in accordance with company policy and U.S. GAAP.
- Partner with plant controllers and finance teams to resolve cost accounting issues and improve cost visibility.
- Oversee inventory, fixed assets, and capital expenditure accounting and control activities across the Americas.
- Support annual physical inventories, cycle counts, inventory reconciliations, inventory reserves, and related documentation.
- Monitor and support fixed asset and capital expenditure activity, including policy compliance, reconciliations, documentation, issue follow-up, and timely escalation.
- Provide regional guidance and coordination for inventory accounting, physical inventory, purchase price variances, fixed assets, capital expenditures, freight, tariffs, and related control activities.
- Ensure issues are properly documented, escalated, and resolved in a timely manner.
- Support accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities within the role’s scope.
- Review and support close activities related to inventory, cost of goods sold, reserves, manufacturing variances, fixed assets, capital expenditures, freight, tariffs, and related accounts.
- Prepare, review, and analyze account reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, management reporting, and audit support.
- Provide clear explanations of cost accounting results, trends, and financial impacts for management review.
- Support leadership reporting and ad hoc analysis related to cost accounting, inventory, and operational results.
- Support compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX, internal control requirements, and company accounting policies.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in cost accounting, manufacturing accounting, inventory accounting, or related finance roles.
- Strong experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably with multi-site, regional, or global responsibilities.
- Experience working in a public company environment with SOX controls, audit support, U.S. GAAP requirements, and formal accounting policies preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with detailed accounting support, reconciliations, variance analysis, inventory reviews, and plant-level issue resolution.
- Experience with ERP systems, reporting tools, reconciliations, process documentation, and data-driven analysis.
- Prior people management or supervisory experience is required.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
- Remote work options
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Hard Skills & Tools
Standard CostingProduct CostingPurchase Price Variance AnalysisInventory ValuationManufacturing Variance AnalysisAccount ReconciliationsJournal EntriesFinancial ReportingAudit SupportData-Driven Analysis
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationCoachingIssue ResolutionConstructive FeedbackTeam Development
Certifications
CPACMAMBA