KARL STORZ

Senior Operations Accountant

KARL STORZ

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Charlton • Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ERPOracleTableau

About the role

  • Lead and support the annual operating and capital budgeting process, ensuring alignment with company goals.
  • Manage recurring financial forecasts and reconcile actuals through detailed variance analysis.
  • Apply cost accounting principles to track, analyze, and report manufacturing performance, COGS trends, overhead absorption, inventory impacts, and operational cost drivers.
  • Develop financial models supporting scenario planning, operational forecasting, and capital investment decisions.
  • Establish and maintain operational KPIs tied to cost, efficiency, throughput, and quality.
  • Provide clear, data-driven insights that highlight operational risks, opportunities, and financial impact.
  • Maintain dashboards reporting key financial and operational metrics (Tableau, Power BI).
  • Act as a primary finance partner for operations and supply chain teams, driving financial discipline and cost transparency.
  • Support business cases for equipment investments, process improvements, and strategic initiatives, including ROI, payback, and NPV modeling.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, automate workflows, and enhance data accuracy.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years in FP&A, operations finance, or financial analysis; manufacturing or supply chain experience strongly preferred.
  • Strong understanding of cost accounting, standard costing, inventory accounting, and financial planning cycles (budget, forecast, variance).
  • ERP experience (SAP, Oracle preferred; SAP data structures a plus)
  • Data visualization (Tableau, Power BI)
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
  • Ability to simplify financial concepts and influence operational decisions.
  • Proven ability to analyze large datasets and translate findings into business action.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
Benefits
  • Medical / Dental / Vision including a state-of-the-art wellness program and pet insurance, too!
  • 3 weeks vacation, 11 holidays plus paid sick time
  • Up to 8 weeks of 100% paid company parental leave; includes maternal/ paternal leave, adoption, and fostering of a child.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan providing a match of 60% of the employee’s first 6% contribution (up to IRS limits)
  • Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Life, STD, LTD & LTC Insurance
  • We prepay your tuition up to $5,250 per year! - Tuition pre-imbursement
  • Fitness reimbursement of up to $200 annually
  • And much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cost accountingfinancial modelingvariance analysisdata analysisbudgetingforecastingKPI developmentinventory accountingfinancial planningadvanced Excel
Soft Skills
data-driven insightsinfluence operational decisionsmanage multiple prioritiesstreamline reportingenhance data accuracy