Required Skills & Experience
8+ years of experience in cost or manufacturing accounting Supervisory experience Bachelors degree
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
SAP experience
Job Description
The Senior Cost Accounting Manager leads the financial analysis of purchased finished goods, manufacturing, and operational processes to drive profitability and ensure accurate financial reporting. This role will focus on cost transparency, operational efficiency, and provide the business with understanding of costs. Responsibilities • Cost System Management: Develop, implement, and maintain robust cost accounting systems, policies, and procedures to enhance reporting accuracy. • Inventory Control: Oversee the accurate valuation of raw materials, work-in-progress (WIP), and finished goods. • Financial Analysis: Analyze production and purchasing costs, manufacturing variances (labor, overhead, materials), and gross margin results to identify cost-saving opportunities and explanations of changes. • Standard Costing: Establish and routinely update standard costs for materials and labor, ensuring they reflect current manufacturing or purchasing realities. • Business Partnership: Collaborate with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, and R&D teams to understand cost drivers and support strategic decision-making. • Budgeting & Forecasting: Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts for Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and manufacturing operations.
Salary 120,000 - 140,000
We are a staffing agency helping individuals find jobs and employers fill open positions.
Based in Atlanta, Insight Global is a premier provider of employment and staffing solutions to Fortune 1000 customers across the United States and Canada. We provide long-term contract, short-term contract, temporary-to-permanent, direct placement, and enhanced staffing services. Insight Global specializes in placing contract job seekers into Information Technology, Accounting and Finance, Engineering (non-IT), and Government jobs.
Since our inception in 2001, we have experienced unprecedented growth within our industry, rapidly expanding from an Atlanta-based start-up to one of the most successful staffing firms in America.
Our core staffing services are the backbone upon which Insight Global was founded and have driven our success. We cater our delivery approach and recruiting efforts to meet each client’s unique demands, ensuring that we deliver both maximum client value and the differentiated Insight Global experience.