Market Leader Cost Accounting Manager

Description

Portland area hybrid role! Must be located in the Portland metro area

Sue Sumrell is recruiting for a Cost Accounting Manager for a market-leading manufacturer. This role will optimize costing processes, strengthen financial controls, and influence business decisions across multiple production facilities. This is a newly created, highly visible role with direct exposure to senior finance leadership and significant opportunity to make an impact.

What You'll Do

- Lead cost and inventory accounting in a complex manufacturing environment

- Analyze manufacturing variances, yields, labor, overhead, and inventory performance

- Drive process improvements and ERP optimization initiatives

- Partner with operations, supply chain, and finance leaders to improve profitability

- Build scalable costing processes and strengthen internal controls

- Support strategic growth across a large, multi-site operation

Why Consider It?

Newly created role with the opportunity to shape the function

 Work closely with executive leadership and operations teams

 Join a growing organization investing in systems and process improvement

 Strong compensation and exceptional benefits

Please contact Sue Sumrell and email your resume directly to sue.sumrell

Requirements

✔ 10+ years of cost accounting experience in manufacturing

✔ Strong understanding of standard costing, BOMs, inventory valuation, and cycle counts

✔ Experience in food, beverage, agriculture, pharma, or other high-volume manufacturing environments

✔ Experience with large ERP systems

✔ CPA or CMA preferred

Email your resume directly to sue.sumrell

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