Cost Accounting Manager — Manufacturing Ops + Equity & PTO

Phoenix Tailings; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

Stock options

Unlimited PTO

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Phoenix Tailings in Burlington, MA seeks a seasoned Cost Accounting Manager to own the cost accounting function for metallization and separation operations. You will build and maintain the standard cost structure, own inventory valuation and overhead allocation, and give leadership a clear picture of what it costs to produce.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of cost accounting in manufacturing, deep expertise in standard costing, variances, BOMs and routings, and hands-on production floor

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.
• Strong working knowledge of BOMs, routings, and manufacturing operations.
• Proficiency with NetSuite ERP or a comparable system; advanced Excel skills.
• Experience partnering directly with plant and operations leadership.
• Willingness to spend time on the production floor to understand the process behind the numbers.
• Experience in a startup, scale-up, or greenfield manufacturing environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and update standard costs across raw materials, labor, and overhead; own the 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, work in process, 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 analysis to support pricing, capital, and process decisions.
• Work directly 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

BOMs & routings

Operations partnership

Production floor experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA or CMA preferred

Tools

NetSuite ERP

Excel

Job description

Phoenix Tailings in Burlington, MA seeks a seasoned Cost Accounting Manager to own the cost accounting function for metallization and separation operations. You will build and maintain the standard cost structure, own inventory valuation and overhead allocation, and give leadership a clear picture of what it costs to produce.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of cost accounting in manufacturing, deep expertise in standard costing, variances, BOMs and routings, and hands-on production floor