Manufacturing Costing Leader — Oracle ERP Expert

Taylor Corporation; Minnesota; On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You’ll partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to improve cost accuracy, lead costing activities, and provide insights to support business decisions. The anticipated annual salary is $130,000, with base pay depending on qualifications, experience and location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant experience in manufacturing cost accounting.
• Strong knowledge of costing, 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 IT.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex accounting and system concepts into practical business solutions.

Responsibilities

• Establish 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.

Skills

Cost accounting

GAAP

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Process improvement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or CMA (preferred)

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Oracle Cost Management

Oracle ERP (general)

Job description

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

You’ll partner with Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and IT to improve cost accuracy, lead costing activities, and provide insights to support business decisions. The anticipated annual salary is $130,000, with base pay depending on qualifications, experience and location.