Director, Manufacturing Finance & Cost Accounting

Responsibilities

• Lead the Manufacturing Finance, Fixed Assets and Cost Accounting organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team.
• Own standard costing methodologies, cost rollups, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and overhead allocation processes.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership to improve operational efficiency, capacity planning, utilization, and profitability.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, yield, scrap, and absorption performance and drive corrective actions.
• Develop product costing models to support pricing, business cases, new product introductions, and strategic investment decisions.
• Establish periodic cost reviews to ensure standards accurately reflect operational realities.
• Oversee inventory accounting, cycle counts, physical inventories, reserves, excess and obsolete inventory analyses, and inventory health metrics.
• Support monthly close, forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and executive reporting activities.
• Develop manufacturing KPIs and dashboards covering yield, throughput, utilization, labor efficiency, inventory turns, and cost performance.
• Drive ERP, MES, PLM, and reporting automation initiatives to improve data quality and scalability.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, SOX-style internal controls, audit requirements, and corporate accounting policies.
• Partner with Engineering and Program Management to evaluate capital investments, manufacturing initiatives, and return-on-investment opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operations finance.
• Experience leading teams in complex manufacturing environments with multi-level BOMs and inventory-intensive operations.
• Deep expertise in standard costing, inventory accounting, variance analysis, and manufacturing financial controls.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP related to inventory, capitalization, and manufacturing accounting.
• Demonstrated success building scalable processes, systems, and teams in high-growth organizations.
• Advanced ERP experience and strong analytical capabilities.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.