Cost Accounting Manager

About Phoenix Tailings

Phoenix Tailings is a rapidly growing clean mining and metals production startup dedicated to sustainable and economic critical metals production. Our mission is to be the world's first fully clean mining and metals production company, producing the resources needed for the next generation of our economy.

Why Phoenix Tailings

At Phoenix, we believe that nothing great is ever accomplished alone or without the passion of people who push and motivate one another. If you are someone who shares our relentless pursuit of a better future, passion for innovation, and are excited about working with some of the top innovators in the world, then this is the place for you.

Our Values

• You are only crazy if you are wrong, it's ok to be wrong
• Lead with Compassion
• Be Resourceful
• Listen
• Hustle

Who We Are Looking For

We are seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to own the cost accounting function for our metallization and separation operations. You will build and maintain our standard cost structure, own inventory valuation and overhead allocation, and give operations leaders a clear, trusted picture of what it actually costs us to produce. The ideal candidate has owned cost accounting in a manufacturing environment, is as comfortable on the production floor as in the ledger, and wants to stand up a costing model in a business where the process itself is still being optimized.

Responsibilities

• Standard Costing: Build, maintain, and update standard costs across raw materials, labor, and overhead; own the annual standard cost roll.
• Production Variances: Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead variances; investigate root causes with operations and report findings to leadership.
• Inventory Valuation: Own inventory valuation across raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, including reserves for excess and obsolete inventory.
• Overhead Allocation: Design and maintain overhead absorption methodologies across sites and production lines.
• Cycle Counts: Oversee cycle count programs and physical inventory procedures; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Margin Analysis: Provide product-level and process-level cost and margin analysis to support pricing, capital, and process decisions.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Work directly with production, engineering, supply chain, and procurement to ensure BOMs, routings, and cost inputs reflect reality.
• Close and Audit: Own cost-related close activities, reconciliations, and audit schedules.
• Grants: Support cost accounting on sponsored and government-funded programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or CMA preferred.
• 7+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Deep expertise in standard costing, variance analysis, inventory valuation, and overhead absorption.
• Strong working knowledge of BOMs, routings, and manufacturing operations.
• Proficiency with NetSuite ERP or a comparable system; advanced Excel skills.
• Experience partnering directly with plant and operations leadership.
• Willingness to spend time on the production floor to understand the process behind the numbers.
• Experience in a startup, scale-up, or greenfield manufacturing environment is a plus.

Pay

Pay Range: $155,000 - $205,000 total cash compensation plus equity

Benefits

• Healthcare: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee
• Stock Options: Ownership in a fast-growing venture-backed company
• Time Off: Unlimited PTO
• Learning: Learning and development opportunities to grow your skills and career