Sr. Cost Accountant (Hybrid)

The Sr. Cost Accountant serves as a technical subject matter expert for inventory accounting, valuation, commodity accounting, manufacturing controls, and related financial processes across assigned facilities. This role leads the investigation and resolution of complex inventory, operational, and accounting issues while providing guidance, training, and support to Cost Accountants. The Sr. Cost Accountant partners with Operations and Finance to evaluate risks, implement process improvements, and ensure accurate financial reporting, control execution, and inventory valuation. This role will be responsible for developing forward-looking analyses, identifying emerging risks and opportunities, and converting findings into clear recommendations and action plans. Through deep knowledge of manufacturing, commodity, supply chain, and accounting processes, this role helps drive consistency, scalability, and continuous improvement within the Cost Accounting function. &bull: Perform independent investigation, recommendation, and coordination of corrective actions for complex inventory, valuation, accounting, and control-related issues. &bull: Serve as the first escalation point for Cost Accountants regarding accounting treatment, inventory controls, ERP and MES transaction impacts, and financial risk considerations. &bull: Execute month-end and year-end close activities for assigned facilities and areas of responsibility. &bull: Lead analysis of manufacturing variances and operational performance metrics, distinguish operational performance impacts from commodity market impacts, and provide recommendations to support improved business performance. &bull: Own activities relating to valuation of commodity inventories and related liabilities while partnering with commodity settlement and operational teams to resolve issues and improve accuracy. &bull: Monitor inventory accuracy, count adjustments, reconciliation differences, and financial impacts across assigned facilities. &bull: Provide technical guidance, training, and mentorship to Cost Accountants and support knowledge transfer across the team. &bull: Active involvement and accountability for the implementation of process improvements, reporting enhancements, and control standardization initiatives. &bull: Partner with Operations, FP&A, and other stakeholders to improve understanding of manufacturing performance, inventory trends, and financial outcomes. &bull: Support oversight of inventory audits, weigh-up programs, cycle count programs, and regulatory reviews. &bull: Serve as a subject matter expert in inventory valuation, commodity accounting, manufacturing controls, and ERP/MES transaction flows. &bull: Escalate issues with solution options in timely matter. &bull: Ownership for data integrity, reporting standardization, dashboard requirements, and identification of automation or AI opportunities within assigned processes. &bull: Support stakeholder readiness, training, adoption, and sustainability for new processes, systems, controls, and ways of working. &bull: Ownership for playbooks, documentation quality, cross-training, and building backup capability across facilities and processes. Education - Bachelor's Degree OR equivalent experience. - CPA or CMA strongly preferred. Experience - 6+ years of relevant experience. - Experience supporting inventory accounting, manufacturing accounting, commodity accounting, or related financial processes in a manufacturing environment. - Experience leading complex investigations, reconciliations, or process improvement initiatives. - Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations preferred. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities - Advanced knowledge of inventory valuation, manufacturing accounting, commodity accounting, and financial controls. - Ability to interpret and evaluate transaction flows across ERP, manufacturing execution, and financial systems. - Ability to conduct root cause analysis and identify operational, accounting, and control implications. - Ability to evaluate manufacturing performance, yield, blending, and inventory-related variances and translate findings into actionable recommendations. - Ability to influence business decisions and coordinate corrective actions across functions. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. - Ability to mentor, train, and develop less experienced accounting professionals. - Ability to communicate concise financial narratives, challenge assumptions constructively, and influence Operations and Finance partners without formal authority. - Advanced proficiency in ERP systems, reporting tools, data analysis, and Microsoft Excel. Language Travel Up to 5% travel required. Physical Demands and Working Conditions