Cost Accounting Manager - SAP S/4HANA Expert

Moderna; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 109,200 - 174,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

Discretionary bonus potential

70/30 in‑office work model

Equity and savings plans

Job summary

Moderna is seeking an experienced Cost Accounting professional with deep SAP S/4HANA cost accounting expertise to lead month‑end close, inventory consolidation, and cost flow analysis. You will partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to ensure accurate, efficient cost processes across the business.

The role emphasizes standard costing, variance analysis, and close‑cycle improvements, with Hyperion/EPM and Excel analytics supporting financial reporting and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Deep hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC cost accounting functionality, particularly in Controlling, Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, and manufacturing cost flows.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory valuation, overhead allocation, cost absorption, process order settlement, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Experience with SAP cost objects, cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, allocation cycles, process orders, production orders, material masters, BOMs, recipes, routings, and cost estimates.
• Experience with Hyperion, Oracle EPM, Essbase, Smart View, or similar planning and reporting tools.
• Broad knowledge of accounting principles beyond cost accounting, including month‑end close, accruals, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit support.
• Demonstrated experience supporting SAP‑related process improvements, system enhancements, reporting enhancements, or finance transformation initiatives.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end cost accounting readiness activities, including inventory consolidation, process order settlement, SKF/activity allocation readiness, manufacturing variance analysis, overhead absorption review, and close‑related deliverables.
• Serve as a key SAP S/4HANA cost accounting subject matter expert, supporting product costing, cost center accounting, activity allocations, overhead allocations, settlement, inventory valuation, and manufacturing cost flows.
• Support the annual standard cost process, including cost roll preparation, activity and overhead rate development, SAP master data validation, and analysis of standard cost changes.
• Analyze manufacturing variances, inventory balances, cost absorption, settlement results, allocation outcomes, and related financial impacts.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, and IT to resolve SAP issues, address close‑related blockers, enhance reporting, and strengthen cost accounting processes.
• Leverage Hyperion/EPM, Smart View, SAP reporting tools, and Excel‑based analytics to support financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Identify and implement process improvements across SAP cost accounting, inventory close, overhead allocation, master data, reporting automation, and close efficiency.
• Support internal controls, audit requests, accounting policy compliance, reconciliations, journal entries, and documentation related to cost accounting and inventory.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA cost accounting

Product costing

Inventory accounting

Cost center accounting

Manufacturing variance analysis

Financial close processes

Hyperion/EPM reporting

Excel analytics

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Hyperion / Oracle EPM

Smart View

Excel

Job description

Moderna is seeking an experienced Cost Accounting professional with deep SAP S/4HANA cost accounting expertise to lead month‑end close, inventory consolidation, and cost flow analysis. You will partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to ensure accurate, efficient cost processes across the business.

The role emphasizes standard costing, variance analysis, and close‑cycle improvements, with Hyperion/EPM and Excel analytics supporting financial reporting and forecasting.