Cost Accounting Manager — Manufacturing, Equity & Unlimited PTO

Phoenix Tailings; Exeter (NH); On-site; USD 155,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare: Medical/Dental/Vision

Stock Options

Unlimited PTO

Learning & Development

Job summary

Phoenix Tailings is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to own the cost accounting function for metallization and separation operations. You will build and maintain our standard cost structure, own inventory valuation and overhead allocation, and provide leadership with a trusted view of production costs.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, and is comfortable on the production floor as well as in the ledger.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CMA preferred.
• 7+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Deep expertise in standard costing, variance analysis, inventory valuation, and overhead absorption.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and update standard costs across raw materials, labor, and overhead; own annual standard cost roll.
• Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead variances; investigate root causes with operations and report findings to leadership.
• Own inventory valuation across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods, including reserves for excess and obsolete inventory.
• Design and maintain overhead absorption methodologies across sites and production lines.
• Oversee cycle count programs and physical inventory procedures; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Provide product-level and process-level cost and margin analyses to support pricing, capital, and process decisions.
• Work with production, engineering, supply chain, and procurement to ensure BOMs, routings, and cost inputs reflect reality.
• Own cost-related close activities, reconciliations, and audit schedules.
• Support cost accounting on sponsored and government-funded programs.

Skills

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Variance analysis

Inventory valuation

Overhead absorption

Plants/operations collaboration

NetSuite ERP

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Advanced Excel

Job description

Phoenix Tailings is seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to own the cost accounting function for metallization and separation operations. You will build and maintain our standard cost structure, own inventory valuation and overhead allocation, and provide leadership with a trusted view of production costs.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cost accounting within manufacturing, and is comfortable on the production floor as well as in the ledger.