Senior Finance Manager, Product Cost & COGS

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Senior Manager, Product Cost & CoGS Finance
Permanent | Cary, NC (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

About the Role
This is a high-visibility, high-accountability seat inside a global operational finance function at a multinational manufacturing company. The person in this role owns cost of goods sold at scale -- overseeing month-end close, product costing, and financial reporting for a portfolio of roughly 1,700 SKUs across a complex, global supply chain. This is not a maintenance role.

The team is actively in a transformation phase -- processes that were previously outsourced have been brought in-house, and the organization is now focused on stabilizing data accuracy, improving reporting infrastructure, and beginning to integrate AI and automation into key steps of the cost management process. The right person will play a central role in all of it. If you thrive in complex environments, have deep roots in manufacturing cost accounting, and want to lead something rather than just manage it -- this is worth a conversation.

What You'll Own
Lead month-end close activities for CoGS including bookings, accruals, corrections and reporting -- with full accountability for accuracy and integrity of results
Oversee product costing for finished goods and new SKU launches, including complex multi-component and tolled manufacturing structures
Maintain global CoGS consistency and transparency through ERP and reporting tools, analyzing monthly results against budget, forecast and prior year
Partner with Supply Chain, Marketing and Business leaders globally to provide timely cost data that supports strategic and operational decisions
Flag and resolve variances, inconsistencies and errors across supply chain regions and countries
Support business case development with CoGS analysis for new product and supply chain decisions
Contribute to the budget and forecast process for cost of goods across traded and subcontracted products
Support internal and external audit processes with accurate, well-documented cost management records
Drive and contribute to ongoing process improvement, automation and AI initiatives within the cost function
Manage and develop a small team, with a growth path to leading additional permanent headcount

What You Bring
10-15 years of experience in manufacturing controlling, cost accounting, or product costing -- this is the foundation everything else is built on
Deep understanding of standard costing, cost structures, and how products are manufactured and distributed in a complex industrial environment
Experience with contract/toller manufacturing models is a strong plus
Heavy ERP experience with standard costing management required; D365 familiarity is a plus but not a dealbreaker
Power BI proficiency
The seniority and confidence to lead a process -- not just execute it -- in a fast-moving, global, matrixed organization
Comfort operating across cultures and time zones; this role interfaces with finance and supply chain leaders across every country the business operates in
Enough technical depth to know what belongs in the books, what doesn't, and why -- and the judgment to act on it
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Engineering; Master's degree preferred
Why This Role
Global scope with real ownership -- this is not a supporting role
Active transformation underway, including AI and automation integration
Direct path to growing and leading a team
Meaningful work in a business where cost accuracy has direct impact on decisions at the highest level