Cost Accounting Manager

About the role

The role is based in a food gelatin manufacturing plant with a total of 100 employees, including 50 union and 50 office staff. The environment supports a culture of entrepreneurship, transparency, and integrity. The company offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, focusing on promoting the health and safety of humans, animals, industries, and the planet.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day financial operations support ensuring that assets are adequately safeguarded, properly valued, and effectively used in the business enterprise.
• Ensure plant level internal controls are appropriately designed and operating effectively.
• Oversee the integrity, accuracy, and timely submission of all financial transactions originated at the production site.
• Ensure accuracy and appropriate valuation of all inventory related to the production site.
• As the primary JDE liaison at the production site.
• Develop monthly flash reports, quarterly forecasts, and annual budgets in conjunction with the Regional Controller.
• Aid General Manager with cost control initiatives and ensure accurate and timely transactional reporting.
• Maintain monitoring of capital spending program and ensure compliance with corporate policies, including approvals and spending.
• Cycle count inventory assets in collaboration with maintenance and warehouse departments.
• Administer material master including BOMs, Routings, Work Centers, Warehouse Masters, and Item Masters.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting, including monthly OpCo reports, inventory sub-ledgers, inventory SOX controls, inventory movements, and flash reports.
• Load data into Hyperion Planning and HFM.
• Utilize the DAS report writer tool to extract data from JDE and create scheduled DAS reports for all users.
• Participate in the SPI process by providing pertinent inventory and production data.
• Maintain cost information at the plant and cost center level, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Serve as the DSI liaison between plant users and Corporate/DSI consultants, maintaining DSI applications and requesting changes as needed.
• Lead Longview integration and support at the plant.
• Sign off on quarterly certifications of financial accuracy of plant reporting.
• Follow all food safety procedures and practices to promote a food safety culture.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related discipline.
• Minimum of three years of experience in accounting/financial management.
• Proficiency in cost accounting and general accounting practices.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with inventory management through an ERP system.
• Familiarity with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) principles and reporting.
• Strong computational skills in Microsoft Excel.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $100,000.00 - $125,000.00/yr. 401k, time off, health benefits.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Dubuque,IA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 26, 2026.