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Manager of Operational Finance, Costing & Analysis

United States, Denver Employment contract 120000.00 - 140000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted May 29, 2026
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Job Description

The North America Manager of Costing & Operational Analytics is responsible for maintaining and improving upon the existing cost accounting functions in support of manufacturing operations and supply chain management for the North America manufacturing plants. S/he will also be responsible for procurement finance analytics, driving for purchasing productivity and general operations FP&A. This is an opportunity for a motivated manufacturing financial professional seeking longer term growth within manufacturing operations finance.

Job Responsibility

  • Establish policies and processes for standard cost activity in partnership with global corporate accounting
  • Educate business partners, including manufacturing and product line management leaders, on concepts of standard costing
  • Maintain accurate costing methodology in the ERP system, partnering with operations and engineering experts to ensure proper BOM, Routings, etc. are maintained
  • Maintain standard cost system to ensure accuracy of inventory valuation and lead annual manufacturing cost standard roll and analyze variances to standards
  • Monitor inventory transactions and processes including scrap, inventory, and COGS to ensure accuracy and compliance with corporate policies
  • Support monthly manufacturing and overhead variance research, analysis, and reporting, including labor/overhead absorption by site and product line
  • Develop and roll out standard reporting to easily report and improve site productivity, while informing and educating business leaders
  • Partner with global procurement to ensure adherence to policies, improving purchasing productivity, and generate informative PPV analysis for direct and indirect spend
  • Support weekly manufacturing performance review reporting and meetings
  • Assists senior management teams in understanding costs, variances, and other operating measures, including product/SKU level margins through key strategic reports
  • Responsible for providing and verifying product costs in support of all cost-based pricing contracts, intercompany transfer pricing
  • Identify potential issues and coordinate issue resolution/problem solving with other functional teams
  • Act as costing SME to find resolution to costing issues, accounting transactions, and inventory movement transactions as required
  • Provide support to global pricing, FP&A, and commercial teams to analyze product level costing to ensure continued margin expansion
  • Participates in the annual budgeting process, including preparation of standard costs
  • Drive the development of procedures and controls that ensure meaningful and reliable product costs and accurate inventories
  • Prepare for and participate in internal and external reviews and audits as required
  • Support manufacturing footprint optimization projects as required

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, with a depth of skills in accounting (both financial and managerial), reporting, analysis, financial supply chain processes and procedures is necessary
  • Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), especially as it relates to standard product costing is key to success in this role
  • Robust internal controls understanding and experience documenting processes and transactions
  • 5 plus years' cost accounting experience in a process manufacturing environment and a general understanding of industrial and/or automotive manufacturing
  • Oracle or a comparable ERP technology tool experience is necessary
  • Understanding ERP capabilities throughout the business operation is critical to success in the role
  • Expert knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, Excel and other data analytical tools is a must

Nice to have

  • Strong communication skills, ability to present financial information in a meaningful understandable way and a capability to understand the big picture in terms of the Company's business process is important
  • Self-motivated with an ability to work independently and collaboratively and strong organizational skills are all essential
  • Good team building skills including trust, professionalism, the ability to garner consensus across diverse groups
  • ability to think strategically
  • yet have the desire to be hands-on when needed are all attractive qualities
  • Ability to drive results in a rapidly changing business environment is the key to future advancement

What we offer

  • Bonus Eligible
  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options: benefits begin on the first day of the month immediately following your date of hire
  • Eligible for 3 weeks of paid vacation + 11 holidays (9 scheduled & 2 floating) + 8 sick days. All vacation days are accrued
  • 401(k): 3% company contribution and additional 3% company match
  • Tuition Reimbursement

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