Manufacturing Cost Accountant

What We Do

Aspen is a technology leader in sustainability and electrification solutions. The Company's aerogel technology enables its customers and partners to achieve their own objectives around the global megatrends of resource efficiency, e‑mobility, and clean energy. Aspen's Pyro Thin® products enable solutions to thermal runaway challenges within the electric vehicle ("EV") market. The Company's Cryogel® and Pyrogel® products are valued by the world's largest energy infrastructure companies.

Aspen's strategy is to partner with world‑class industry leaders to leverage its Aerogel Technology Platform® into additional high‑value markets. Aspen is headquartered in Northborough, Mass.

At Aspen, our values reflect who we are and how we work both with each other and our customers, suppliers, and communities. They shape our interactions, guide our decisions, and inspire us to bring our best. Whether collaborating internally or externally, our values drive us to make a meaningful impact within Aspen and in all our relationships.

• We Do the Right Thing
• We are Problem Solvers
• We are Allies
• We Drive Forward

This role serves as a primary cost accounting resource at the East Providence manufacturing facility, with ownership of standard cost integrity, inventory controls, and manufacturing variance reporting. The Manufacturing Cost Accountant partners closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, and Finance to ensure accurate standard costs, robust controls, and actionable financial analysis. This position operates within a SOX‑compliant environment and reports to the Manufacturing Controller.

The Manufacturing Cost Accountant plays a key role in supporting operational decision‑making, continuous improvement initiatives, external audits, and financial compliance requirements.

• Adopt and follow Aspen’s core values – We do the right thing, We are problem solvers, We are allies, and We drive forward.

• Maintain and update standard costs for raw materials, labor, overhead, and freight components.
• Support annual standard cost rollups and interim cost revisions.
• Analyze manufacturing cost drivers and identify opportunities for cost improvement.
• Review and validate Bill of Materials, routing, labor standards, and overhead rates.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to ensure costing assumptions accurately reflect manufacturing processes.

• Reconcile inventory balances and investigate inventory‑related discrepancies.
• Support monthly inventory close activities, including inventory valuation and reserve analysis.
• Monitor inventory transactions for accuracy and compliance with company policies.
• Coordinate and participate in physical inventory and cycle count programs.
• Analyze inventory adjustments, scrap, obsolescence and excess inventory reserves.

• Prepare and analyze monthly manufacturing variances, including:
  Material usage variance, PPV, Labor variance, Overhead variance, Yield variance, Substitution variance, Freight, customs and duties.
• Build and maintain a monthly manufacturing variance package suitable for presentation to plant operations leadership, including root cause narratives and action item tracking; provide clear explanations of significant variances to Finance and Operations leadership.
• Partner with operational teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.

• Prepare month‑end journal entries related to inventory, manufacturing costs, and reserves.
• Perform account reconciliations and support balance sheet reviews.
• Ensure timely and accurate month‑end close activities.
• Support management’s reporting and financial analysis related to manufacturing operations.
• Assist with internal and external reporting requirements.

• Maintain and administer costing data within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), including cost group configuration, standard cost activation, and inventory close processing.
• Support implementation and enhancements of D365 F&O costing processes and controls, including BOM/route…