Accounting Manager

Gabriele & Company; Randolph (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Gabriele & Company is seeking an Accounting Manager to own actual costing for defense manufacturing. The role partners with Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain to drive cost visibility and performance on shop floor activities.

You will supervise one employee and play a hands-on role in implementing stronger controls, systems, and reporting that influence leadership decisions and financial outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting experience in defense or aerospace manufacturing
• 3+ years’ experience with actual cost accounting (job costing and inventory)
• Experience implementing or enhancing a manufacturing ERP; advanced Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Lead cost accounting process and ensure accuracy of costing across jobs/programs
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Run month-, quarter-, and year-end close with GAAP compliance
• Build KPI dashboards and provide margin analysis by product line
• Support government contract cost compliance (DCAA, FAR, CAS) and related reporting

Skills

Actual cost accounting

Cost variance analysis

Excel proficiency

Collaboration with Operations/Eng

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Manufacturing ERP

GAAP reporting

Job description

A growing manufacturer of engineered products for the defense market needs an Accounting Manager who understands how a factory actually makes money. This role owns actual costing: knowing what every job, program, and product line truly costs, and making sure leadership can act on those numbers.

You’ll run the core accounting function and act as the finance partner to Operations, Engineering, Program Management, and Supply Chain. This is a hands‑on role in a business that is scaling, with real influence over systems, controls, and how the company measures performance. You will supervise one employee at this time.

What You’ll Own

Cost Accounting & Manufacturing Finance

• Lead the actual costing process: methodology, accuracy, and continuous improvement
• Track and explain material, labor, and overhead performance, including:
• Labor efficiency and rate variances
• Purchase price variances
• Scrap and material usage variances
• Over/under-applied overhead
• Inventory valuation adjustments
• Maintain job costing and drive accurate labor reporting and inventory transactions on the shop floor
• Deliver margin analysis by product line, customer, and contract
• Build and monitor indirect rate structures (fringe, overhead, G&A)
• Support government contract cost compliance (DCAA, FAR, CAS) and related reporting
• Oversee inventory valuation, reserves, and WIP
• Support cycle counting and year-end physical inventory
• Tighten controls around material movement and production transactions

Core Accounting

• Run month-, quarter-, and year-end close
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Maintain GL and chart of accounts integrity
• Produce financial statements and management reporting
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Manage audit and tax deliverables; ensure GAAP compliance

Systems & Process

• Drive ERP improvements, automation, and better reporting
• Build KPI dashboards that give Operations leadership clear visibility into production costs
• Strengthen accounting workflows, documentation, and internal controls

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of accounting experience in a defense or aerospace manufacturing environment
• 3+ years’ experience with actual cost accounting (working knowledge of actual costing, job costing, and inventory accounting)
• Experience implementing or improving a manufacturing ERP; advanced Excel skills
• Ability to work directly with plant and engineering teams, not just from behind a spreadsheet