Plant Accounting Leader: Costing, Inventory & Forecasting

ETS-Lindgren GmbH; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Doble Engineering seeks a Plant Accounting Manager to lead cost and inventory accounting at its Accident, MD facility. You will partner with plant and finance leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and actionable analysis to support operations.

You will oversee standard costing, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and month-end close while collaborating with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Corporate Finance to improve cost visibility and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience, including manufacturing and cost accounting.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment; consumer products, industrial, or process manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, inventory accounting and valuation, cost of goods sold analysis, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Experience with ERP systems; Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics or SAP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead all plant accounting and manufacturing accounting activities, including inventory valuation, standard costing, absorption costing, cost of goods sold, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Analyze manufacturing performance through review of labor, material, overhead, production, yield, scrap, and inventory variances.
• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of inventory accounting processes and cost allocations.
• Oversee physical inventory counts, cycle count programs, inventory reconciliations, and inventory adjustment reviews.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies, identify root causes, and coordinate corrective actions with operational teams.
• Monitor raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory balances and controls.
• Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, and inventory management procedures.
• Act as a key finance business partner to plant management and operational leaders.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, quality, supply chain, and procurement teams to improve financial performance and operational efficiency.
• Analyze production yields, waste, throughput, material usage, formulas, recipes, labor productivity, and manufacturing efficiency metrics.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and provide recommendations to achieve business objectives.

Skills

Manufacturing accounting

Cost accounting

Standard costing

Inventory accounting

Budgeting and forecasting

Financial analysis

ERP systems experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP

Job description

Doble Engineering seeks a Plant Accounting Manager to lead cost and inventory accounting at its Accident, MD facility. You will partner with plant and finance leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and actionable analysis to support operations.

You will oversee standard costing, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and month-end close while collaborating with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Corporate Finance to improve cost visibility and