Senior Cost Accountant – Manufacturing Cost & Analytics

Conwed; Spring Valley Estates (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

CDHP and PPO options

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and personal time off

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Mativ is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant for our Athens, GA manufacturing facility. You will drive plant product costing, inventory control, and cost analysis to improve margins and efficiency.

You will collaborate with operations, supply chain, and finance to support budgeting, month-end closing, and performance reviews, while ensuring inventory integrity and accurate cost reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong working knowledge of standard costing, job costing, and inventory valuation methods.
• Proven experience with ERP systems (Infor, SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Advanced Excel proficiency (e.g., XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, PivotTables, charts, and dashboards).
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and translate it into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead standard cost development and maintenance for the plant, partnering with Operations to ensure accuracy of bills of material (BOMs), routings, and machine/labor rates.
• Support month-end close activities related to inventory and manufacturing costs, including journal entries, job order reviews, and reconciliation of cost variances.
• Deliver meaningful cost and operational analysis to identify cost drivers, enhance margins, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Lead budget and forecast cycles, providing detailed insights into manufacturing costs, volume trends, and resource utilization.
• Prepare and distribute monthly reporting packages, highlighting KPIs, variance explanations, and cost efficiency metrics for use in plant leadership reviews.
• Ensure inventory integrity and valuation accuracy, partnering with Plant Leadership to review inventory reserves and ensure compliance with company procedures.
• Support cost reduction, performing ROI and cost-benefit analyses and tracking progress against savings goals.
• Drive continuous improvement, highlighting processes we can automate, streamline, and simplify both for the Athens site but also across the finance organization.
• Participate in broader accounting activities such as balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and general ledger entries as part of the business unit finance team.

Skills

Cost accounting

Excel

ERP systems

Data analysis

Communication

Education

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

Tools

Infor

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Mativ is seeking a Senior Cost Accountant for our Athens, GA manufacturing facility. You will drive plant product costing, inventory control, and cost analysis to improve margins and efficiency.

You will collaborate with operations, supply chain, and finance to support budgeting, month-end closing, and performance reviews, while ensuring inventory integrity and accurate cost reporting.