Director of Costing

Wolfspeed; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed in Durham, NC seeks an experienced cost accounting leader to coach and oversee the cost accounting team, drive accurate product costing, and partner with Finance on annual and quarterly targets.

You will guide the SAP costing transition, forecast costs for all budget cycles, model financial impacts, and support audits, cycle counts, and process improvements to enhance financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor and lead the organization’s cost accounting team
• Liaise with business Finance partners on annual and quarterly cost targets
• Prepare budget versus actual analysis related to product costs and factory yields
• Analyze, understand and communicate costing variances to factory and business leaders
• Assume a key leadership role in the transition of the Company’s costing system to SAP, assuming an integral role in system design
• Forecast product costs for all annual, quarterly, and monthly budget cycles
• Financial modeling to calculate impacts of potential business strategies
• Ad hoc reporting and special projects, primarily related to understanding product costs, factory output, and the enhancement of financial performance
• Work with external auditors on periodic audit requests
• Monitor the Company’s cycle count process and work with Operations on process improvement

Job description

The Day-to-Day:

• A dynamic leader who can manage strategically, but also understand the details enough to effectively guide the team
• Coach, mentor and lead the organization’s cost accounting team
• Liaise with business Finance partners on annual and quarterly cost targets
• Prepare budget versus actual analysis related to product costs and factory yields.
• Analyze, understand and communicate costing variances to factory and business leasers
• Assume a key leadership role in the transition of the Company’s costing system to SAP, assuming an integral role in system design
• Forecast product costs for all annual, quarterly, and monthly budget cycles.
• Financial modeling to calculate impacts of potential business strategies.
• Ad hoc reporting and special projects, primarily related to understanding product costs, factory output, and the enhancement of financial performance.
• Work with external auditors on periodic audit requests.

Monitor the Company’s cycle count process and work with Operations on process improvement.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.