Sr. Cost Accountant (w/ SAP S4 Hana implementation) - Required POST NUMBER: 482727

Role: Sr. Cost Accountant – Manufacturing (SAP S/4HANA required)
Location: Valdosta, GA
On-Site (Monday-Friday)
Compensation: $120,000-140,000/year

Position Summary
The Sr. Cost Accountant oversees end ? to ? end cost accounting, inventory valuation, and manufacturing cost control for a high ? volume glass production facility. This role partners closely with operations, supply chain, and finance leadership to ensure accurate costing, strong inventory controls, and actionable insights that improve efficiency and margins.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Costing & Standards
• Maintain and update standard costs for materials and production processes within SAP S4 Hana
• Review BOMs and routings for accuracy
• Support new product costing and margin analysis
• Inventory & Manufacturing Accounting
• Ensure accurate valuation of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
• Lead cycle counts and investigate discrepancies
• Cost Variance Analysis
• Analyze material, labor, and overhead variances
• Deliver insights to operations to improve performance
• Month-End Close
• Prepare inventory journal entries and reconciliations
• Support overall close activities
• Maintain cost structures and master data within SAP S4 Hana
• Ensure system accuracy and data integrity

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Required)
• CPA or CMA preferred
• 7 years of cost accounting - Standard costing, variance analysis, inventory accounting (Required)
• SAP (S/4HANA) experience is required - MUST have implementation experience (Required)
• Advanced Excel preferred
• Manufacturing industry preferred
• Must be able to commute daily on-site to Valdosta, GA (Monday-Friday) - Open to candidates interested in relocation

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.