Accounting Manager, Operations

• Partner with plant controllers across multiple manufacturing locations to support accounting deliverables, reviews, and follow-up
• Serve as a key resource and subject-matter expert for manufacturing accounting and standard costing
• Review accounting activity across plant locations to help ensure accuracy, consistency, and appropriate accounting treatment
• Support month-end accounting activities and help identify and resolve issues across manufacturing locations
• Partner with the Corporate Controller to strengthen accounting processes, procedures, and controls
• Work directly with plant controllers to identify gaps, improve processes, and drive timely resolution of accounting matters
• Support consistent application of accounting practices across the manufacturing organization
• Build strong working relationships with accounting, finance, and operational stakeholders
• Help preserve and transfer critical manufacturing accounting knowledge across the organization
• Support ERP and process improvement initiatives
• Travel regularly to manufacturing locations to build relationships, understand site-specific processes, and provide hands-on accounting support

Qualifications

• Progressive accounting experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing accounting and standard costing
• Experience working directly with plant accounting teams, plant controllers, and/or operations leadership
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing locations or business units preferred
• Strong understanding of inventory, cost accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, and related manufacturing accounting processes
• ERP experience required; Oracle manufacturing experience strongly preferred
• Experience with ERP implementations, upgrades, or other finance transformation initiatives is a plus
• CPA preferred, but not required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to identify accounting issues and drive follow-up across multiple stakeholders
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment where influence is important, even without direct reporting authority

Willingness to travel approximately 50%

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