Mgr, Cost Accounting

our team • Mason, OH

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Mgr, Cost Accounting, you will serve as the finance leader for manufacturing cost accounting across the Engineered Air Movement business. You will provide strategic financial insights that support operational excellence, inventory accuracy, profitability, and informed business decisions. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance leadership, you will oversee standard costing, inventory controls, variance analysis, forecasting, and financial reporting while driving continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and business performance. Acting as a trusted business partner, you will help identify opportunities to optimize costs, improve processes, and support profitable growth across multiple manufacturing locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, including manufacturing cost accounting.
• Experience with standard costing, inventory accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional manufacturing teams.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CMA preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, SOX, inventory accounting, and standard costing.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar).
• Power BI/Tableau experience preferred.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, communication, and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual planning for manufacturing standard costing and inventory accounting.
• Prepare and analyze monthly reports covering material, labor, overhead, inventory, and manufacturing variances.
• Develop and maintain standard cost models, gross margin analysis, COGM and COGS reporting.
• Prepare inventory-related journal entries and reconciliations.
• Develop executive dashboards and manufacturing KPIs.
• Support weekly flash reporting, month-end close, forecasts, budgets, and long-range planning.
• Present financial results, trends, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
• Lead the annual standard cost roll and maintain costing integrity.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Procurement to ensure accurate product costing.
• Analyze material, labor, overhead, price-volume-mix, efficiency, and spending variances.
• Monitor commodity cost trends to support pricing and margin decisions.
• Evaluate capital investments, make-versus-buy decisions, and operational improvement opportunities.
• Support Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives with financial analysis.
• Serve as the primary finance business partner for manufacturing operations.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, SOX, and company accounting policies.
• Partner with the Inventory Analyst to ensure accurate inventory accounting.
• Lead financial support for physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Support internal and external audits and maintain cost accounting documentation.
• Develop financial models and dashboards that improve decision making.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and improve data accuracy.
• Collaborate across Operations, Engineering, Sales, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Lead projects that improve manufacturing efficiency, inventory management, and cost performance.

Benefits

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager