Cost Accounting Manager

taylor; United States; On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Taylor Corporation is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to join our Corporate Finance team. This role will shape cost accounting practices across our manufacturing businesses operating on the Oracle ERP platform and partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to improve cost accuracy and visibility.

You will lead costing activities, establish policies, controls, and reporting, and support Oracle system enhancements as the enterprise transitions to Oracle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including manufacturing cost accounting.
• Strong knowledge of costing, variances, inventory valuation, and period-end cost accounting.
• Experience developing or standardizing cost accounting processes.
• Solid GAAP experience and financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain consistent cost accounting policies, procedures, controls, and reporting practices.
• Lead costing activities, including setting labor, overhead rates, and reviewing variances.
• Monitor cost and inventory results, identify trends, and resolve root causes with business teams.
• Serve as Finance SME for Oracle cost accounting and related manufacturing processes.
• Collaborate across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to improve processes and implement Oracle enhancements.
• Provide analysis and insights into manufacturing costs and operational performance to support business decisions.
• Develop scalable cost accounting practices for future Oracle transitions.
• Support financial close, controls, and audit requirements related to costs and inventory.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP knowledge

Analytical problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP system expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or related field

Tools

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Oracle Cost Management

Job description

Your Opportunity:

Taylor Corporation is looking for a Cost Accounting Manager to join our Corporate Finance team. This newly created role will help shape and advance cost accounting practices across our manufacturing businesses operating on the Oracle ERP platform.

You'll initially partner closely with a large manufacturing business currently operating on Oracle, bringing deep manufacturing cost accounting expertise and strong Oracle functional knowledge to strengthen end-to-end processes, policies, controls, and reporting. You'll work across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Information Technology to improve cost accuracy and visibility, solve complex process and system issues, and provide meaningful financial insights to the business.

As Taylor continues its transition to Oracle, you'll have the opportunity to help create a scalable, consistent approach to cost accounting across the enterprise, applying your manufacturing and ERP experience to build sustainable processes and drive continuous improvement.

Work Authorization:

To be considered for the Taylor opportunities, candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Your Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain consistent cost accounting policies, procedures, controls, and reporting practices


• Lead costing activities, including setting annual labor, variable overhead, and fixed overhead rates, reviewing manufacturing variances, and inventory valuation


• Monitor cost and inventory results, identify trends and issues, and partner with business teams to resolve root causes


• Serve as a Finance subject matter expert for Oracle cost accounting and related manufacturing and inventory processes


• Partner across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Information Technology to improve processes, strengthen controls, and support Oracle system enhancements


• Provide analysis and insights into manufacturing costs, variances, inventory, and operational performance to support business decisions


• Develop scalable cost accounting practices that can be leveraged as additional Taylor businesses transition to Oracle


• Support financial close, financial controls, and internal and external audit requirements related to manufacturing costs and inventory

You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field


• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant experience in manufacturing cost accounting


• Strong knowledge of costing, manufacturing variances, inventory valuation, material, labor, overhead, and period-end cost accounting


• Demonstrated experience developing, improving, or standardizing cost accounting processes


• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial controls


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify and resolve complex accounting, process, data, and system issues


• Demonstrated ability to build effective partnerships across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Information Technology


• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex accounting and system concepts into practical business solutions

We Would Also Prefer:

• Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and/or Oracle Cost Management


• Experience establishing or redesigning manufacturing cost accounting processes as part of an ERP implementation or transformation


• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing locations or business units


• CPA or CMA certification and/or MBA

What Will Make You Successful:

You bring the technical depth of an experienced manufacturing cost accounting professional while seeing beyond the numbers to the processes and systems that create them. You are comfortable getting into the details to solve a costing issue, but you can also step back and determine how the solution can become a better, more consistent way of working across the enterprise.

You are collaborative and curious, enjoy solving complex problems, and know how to build credibility across Finance and Operations. Most importantly, you see transformation as an opportunity to make things better, not simply different.

Salary:

The anticipated annual salary for this position is $130,000. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other