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Description We are looking for a dedicated Cost Accounting Manager to join our team in Woodland Hills, California. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing operations accounting team while driving process improvements and ensuring compliance across multiple manufacturing sites. If you're passionate about cost accounting and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, this position is perfect for you.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of operations accounting professionals to foster collaboration and drive continuous improvement.

• Oversee the month-end close process for plant operations, including preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and analyzing variances.

• Conduct detailed analyses of overhead, manufacturing, and inventory variances, and prepare purchase price variance reports.

• Collaborate with plant personnel to manage inventory costing, job closures, and physical inventory execution.

• Ensure compliance with internal controls and organizational standards while spearheading process improvement initiatives.

• Coordinate with internal and external auditors, as well as cross-functional teams such as Operations, Procurement, and IT.

• Maintain and update standard operating procedures to ensure consistency across multiple manufacturing sites.

• Serve as a trusted financial partner to operations, providing insights and recommendations to enhance decision-making. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; advanced degrees or certifications such as CPA are preferred.

• Minimum of 3 years of cost accounting experience within a manufacturing environment.

• At least 3 years of leadership experience managing accounting teams.

• Comprehensive understanding of standard cost systems, inventory accounting, and variance analysis.

• Proficiency in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or similar enterprise resource planning systems.

• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to create automated reports, build reconciliations, and analyze variances using pivot tables and lookup functions.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively present complex accounting information to diverse audiences.

• Ability to build collaborative relationships and work comfortably in a multi-site manufacturing environment.

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