Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Moderna is a biotechnology company focused on mRNA technology and innovative medicine solutions. They are seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to lead cost accounting activities, improve processes, and partner with various departments to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end cost accounting readiness activities, including inventory consolidation, process order settlement, SKF/activity allocation readiness, manufacturing variance analysis, overhead absorption review, and close-related deliverables
- Serve as a key SAP S/4HANA cost accounting subject matter expert, supporting product costing, cost center accounting, activity allocations, overhead allocations, settlement, inventory valuation, and manufacturing cost flows
- Support the annual standard cost process, including cost roll preparation, activity and overhead rate development, SAP master data validation, and analysis of standard cost changes
- Analyze manufacturing variances, inventory balances, cost absorption, settlement results, allocation outcomes, and related financial impacts
- Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, and IT to resolve SAP issues, address close-related blockers, enhance reporting, and strengthen cost accounting processes
- Leverage Hyperion/EPM, Smart View, SAP reporting tools, and Excel-based analytics to support financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting
- Identify and implement process improvements across SAP cost accounting, inventory close, overhead allocation, master data, reporting automation, and close efficiency
- Support internal controls, audit requests, accounting policy compliance, reconciliations, journal entries, and documentation related to cost accounting and inventory
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
- Minimum 5 years cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, medical devices, or another regulated industry
- Deep hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC cost accounting functionality, particularly in Controlling, Product Costing, Cost Center Accounting, and manufacturing cost flows
- Strong understanding of standard costing, inventory valuation, overhead allocation, cost absorption, process order settlement, and manufacturing variance analysis
- Experience with SAP cost objects, cost centers, activity types, statistical key figures, allocation cycles, process orders, production orders, material masters, BOMs, recipes, routings, and cost estimates
- Experience with Hyperion, Oracle EPM, Essbase, Smart View, or similar planning and reporting tools
- Broad knowledge of accounting principles beyond cost accounting, including month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, and audit support
- Demonstrated experience supporting SAP-related process improvements, system enhancements, reporting enhancements, or finance transformation initiatives
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- CPA, CMA, MBA, or another advanced degree preferred
- Experience in a GMP manufacturing environment
- Experience with SAP Material Ledger, actual costing, product cost planning, cost component structures, allocation cycles, and settlement processes
- Experience supporting annual standard cost cycles, new product costing, manufacturing network changes, site launches, or SAP process optimization initiatives
- Experience partnering with IT or SAP functional teams on configuration, testing, master data governance, reporting, or system implementation projects
- Advanced Excel skills and experience with reporting automation, dashboards, or data visualization tools
Benefits
- Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs
- A holistic approach to well-being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support
- Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support
- Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
- Savings and investments to help you plan for the future
- Location-specific perks and extras
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