Plant Finance & Cost Accounting Lead

Flint Hills Resources; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex, a Koch company, is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager for the Fremont site within the Optical Solutions Business Unit. You will lead plant finance, accounting, and cost management, partnering with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to drive decision-ready reporting.

You will own month-end close, maintain strong controls over inventory and fixed assets, and guide capital projects across the OSBU network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field.
• 4+ years of finance or accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with manufacturing cost accounting, inventory accounting, standard costing, and variance analysis.
• Strong understanding of month-end close, journal entries, and transactional accounting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Fremont finance support across accounting, plant finance, inventory, cost accounting, capital, and business partnering activities.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting, month-end close support, and strong controls across inventory, reserves, impairments, PII, CIP, and standard costing.
• Support OSBU inventory management through inventory reporting, S&E analysis, blocked stock review, impairment tracking, and related journal entries.
• Own plant / BU finance activities including transfer pricing support, standard cost updates, BOM and routing review, physical inventory coordination, and Fremont shared cost allocations.
• Support capital requests, CIP capitalization, fixed asset transfers, and capital consumption analysis for Fremont and other designated OSBU locations.
• Provide financial guidance for non-routine business activities such as rework, external manufacturing, R&D material usage, and other operational transactions.
• Establish finance as a trusted resource for Fremont Operations, R&D, Engineering, Supply Chain, and OSBU leadership.
• Partner with key stakeholders to provide critical insight and support business decisions.
• Encourage economic thinking and PBM culture through all deliverables and communication.

Skills

Manufacturing finance

Cost accounting

Inventory accounting

Month-end close

Journal entries

Cross-functional partner

Mandarin communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Molex, a Koch company, is seeking a Finance & Accounting Manager for the Fremont site within the Optical Solutions Business Unit. You will lead plant finance, accounting, and cost management, partnering with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to drive decision-ready reporting.

You will own month-end close, maintain strong controls over inventory and fixed assets, and guide capital projects across the OSBU network.