Supervisor - Accounts Payable - Domestic & Eu

COST ACCOUNTANT

Global leading material science company with vast polymer compounding capability for a diverse customer base has this immediate need!

Cost Accountant is responsible for ensuring accurate inventory reporting, maintaining standard costs, analyzing manufacturing performance, and supporting financial close activities for assigned facilities/product lines. This role partners closely with Operations/Supply Chain/Finance Teams to enhance cost visibility, improve data integrity, and support organizational decision-making.

• Oversee inventory activity and material flow for assigned facilities, ensuring accurate transaction reporting and adherence to M3CE floor-reporting procedures
• Maintain/review standard costs for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
• Prepare/reconcile journal entries and inventory-related accounts, including clearing accounts and offsite inventory balances, ensuring accuracy and timely resolution of discrepancies
• Analyze manufacturing variances (material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, etc.) and prepare operational reports to support production managers/business finance.
• Support cycle counts and physical inventories, analyze results, and recommend corrective actions to improve inventory accuracy
• Assist in annual capacity and work center rate development, including analysis of routing performance and identification of outliers
• Provide audit support, including participation in year-end inventory observations, preparing PBC schedules, and gathering supporting documentation
• Maintain internal control documentation and support compliance with Company policies, accounting standards, and internal procedures
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve cost accounting processes, enhance data integrity, and support system or reporting improvements
• Participate in special projects and continuous improvement initiatives related to costing, inventory, analytics, and operational performance
• Travel to plant locations is expected up to 10%

• BS in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field required
• Professional certifications (CPA, CMA) are a valued plus but not required
• 3 years of cost accounting or manufacturing finance experience preferred
• Strong proficiency in Excel and comfort with data analysis tools (Power BI a plus)

Leading global manufacturer/developer of innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets has this immediate need!

This role oversees Accounts Payable (AP) operations to ensure the timely/accurate processing of invoices, payments, and financial reporting. The position drives process improvements, strengthens internal controls, and partners with cross‑functional teams to maintain financial integrity and compliance. It also provides leadership over Europe‑specific AP activities, including EU VAT and reverse‑charge compliance, Intrastat support, adherence to the Late Payment Directive, GDPR‑aligned vendor data management, SEPA and ISO 20022 payment processes, and compliance with EU e‑invoicing mandates.

The role further ensures seamless integration and alignment across SAP S/4

HANA, People Soft, and Peppol‑enabled systems.

• Lead/mentor the AP team, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations
• Foster a collaborative environment that enhances team productivity and morale
• Oversee invoice processing, 3-way/2-way match, exception resolution, and payment disbursements
• Manage vendor master data, supplier relationships, and timely inquiry resolution
• Implement and maintain SOPs, internal controls, and compliance standards
• Perform EU VAT invoice validation, ensuring correct VAT coding, reverse-charge compliance, and mandatory invoice fields
• Ensure compliance with Europe e-invoicing mandates (Belgium Peppol)
• Support SAP S/4
  
  HANA, People Soft, and Peppol integrations for compliant AP processing
• Ensure SEPA / ISO
  20022 pain.
  001 and pain.
  002 payment processing and accuracy
• Adhere to EU Late Payment Directive timelines and monitor payment-term compliance
• Support Intrastat reporting via accurate supplier, value, and goods movement…