Cost Accounting Manager
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Creative Financial Staffing
Woodstock, IL (In Person)
Full-Time
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a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Cost Accounting Manager Why should you be interested in this Cost Accounting Manager role?
- Step into an impactful role within a manufacturing organization
- Influence how cost accounting is executed across a global, multi‑plant footprint
- Operate in a complex job‑shop environment where costing is analytical, varied, and never repetitive
- Leadership team values longevity and internal development — finance leaders have grown from within Responsibilities of the
Cost Accounting Manager:
- Own plant‑level cost accounting processes supporting two manufacturing operations
- Manage month‑end cost close activities, ensuring accuracy, discipline, and consistency
- Prepare inventory‑related calculations, including FIFO costing, reserves, capitalized variances, and budget comparisons
- Set standards and expectations around reconciliations, accruals, and fixed asset accounting tied to manufacturing
- Serve as the finance partner to plant leadership and engineering on production costing and BOM accuracy
- Determine inventory control efforts, including cycle counts and valuation integrity
- Review, interpret, and communicate manufacturing cost results and trends to broader finance leadership Qualifications of the
Cost Accounting Manager:
- 5+ years of manufacturing cost accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA or CMA credentials are valued but not required EB-9610831342
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