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title: Senior Cost Accountant at Materion Corporation
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| **Company** | [Materion Corporation](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/materion-corporation?utm_source=ai_markdown) |
| **Location** | Elmore, OH |
| **Salary** | $79.2K/yr - $99K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Nov 15, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

**Ghost job check:** A- · Low risk. Probably a real opening.

## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** Materion Corporation sponsors H-1B visas.
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Materion Corporation.

## Pay for similar jobs

Most similar jobs pay $69,000 – $99,000 a year (median $82,000).

## Description

### **At Materion, everyone is included, respected and offered opportunity to grow. *Join us!***

**Senior Cost Accountant**

**Location:** Elmore, Ohio  
**Business Unit:** Performance Materials  
**Department:** Operations Finance  
**Reports to:** Controller, Operations  
**Travel:** Less than 15%

**Build Your Career at the Intersection of Finance and Manufacturing**

The Senior Cost Accountant is a key financial partner to plant leadership and cross-functional teams at our Elmore, Ohio manufacturing facility. In this role, you will help improve operational performance, strengthen financial visibility, maintain inventory and cost accuracy, and support data-driven business decisions across the Performance Materials division.

This opportunity provides broad exposure to manufacturing operations, month-end close, budgeting, standard costing, inventory management, capital planning, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with plant management, engineering, quality, technical, Environmental Health and Safety, and manufacturing teams while building a strong foundation for future growth in Operations Finance.

**What You Will Do**

**Cost Accounting and Financial Close**

- Perform monthly cost accounting and transactional accounting activities for assigned manufacturing locations.
- Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, management reports, accruals, and other month-end close deliverables.
- Review production order activity, manufacturing variances, spending performance, inventory transactions, and balance sheet accounts.
- Investigate financial or operational variances, identify root causes, and communicate findings to finance and plant leadership.
- Maintain the standard cost system and support accurate product costing.

**Operational Analysis and Business Partnership**

- Partner with plant leadership and manufacturing teams to analyze cost drivers, production performance, spending trends, and operational results.
- Translate financial information into clear, actionable insights for non-finance partners.
- Support plant performance reviews through meaningful financial analysis and key performance indicators.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, strengthen internal controls, simplify processes, and enhance financial accuracy.
- Participate in special projects and continuous improvement initiatives that support measurable business results.

**Planning, Budgeting, and Inventory**

- Support the annual operating budget, including plant cost-center spending, capital expenditures, and depreciation planning.
- Assist with forecasts, financial planning activities, and performance comparisons against budget and prior periods.
- Coordinate and support the annual physical inventory process.
- Review cycle-count results and work with operations to resolve inventory discrepancies and improve inventory controls.

**Compliance and Audit Support**

- Maintain compliance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and company accounting policies.
- Assist internal and external auditors during quarterly and annual audits.
- Help ensure financial processes are accurate, timely, well controlled, and properly documented.

**What You Bring**

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Understanding of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage details while recognizing broader financial and operational implications.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to communicate financial concepts effectively to finance and non-finance audiences.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
- High standards of integrity, accountability, dependability, and professional judgment.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- 3+ years of full-time accounting, finance, cost accounting, or manufacturing finance experience.
- Manufacturing, plant accounting, internship, or co-op experience.
- Experience with SAP or another enterprise resource planning system.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis, reconciliations, and financial modeling.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or another reporting and analytics platform.
- Exposure to standard costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing variances, budgeting, or financial close processes.
- Interest in continuous improvement and process optimization.

**What Will Help You Succeed**

The strongest candidates will bring:

- Intellectual curiosity and a desire to understand how manufacturing operations drive financial results.
- A proactive, solutions-oriented approach.
- The ability to balance accuracy, deadlines, and changing priorities.
- A strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
- A service mindset when supporting plant and business partners.
- An interest in learning new systems, developing new capabilities, and advancing within Finance or Operations.
- A continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge inefficient processes constructively.

**Career Development**

This role provides opportunities to:

- Develop hands-on expertise in manufacturing finance and cost accounting.
- Work directly with plant leadership and cross-functional business partners.
- Gain experience in budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, inventory control, audits, and operational analysis.
- Lead or contribute to reporting, analytics, and process-improvement initiatives.
- Build capabilities relevant to future positions such as Financial Analyst, Plant Controller, or Operations Finance leader.

**Why Join Us**

- Make a visible contribution to plant performance and operational decision-making.
- Build relationships across Finance, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Technical, and Environmental Health and Safety.
- Develop a broad understanding of manufacturing operations and the financial drivers behind them.
- Join a collaborative environment that values integrity, accountability, continuous improvement, and professional growth.
- Build a long-term career foundation in Operations Finance.

**Work Environment and Physical Requirements**

This position is based in a typical office environment within a manufacturing plant. The role regularly involves sitting, speaking, listening, and using a computer and other office equipment. Occasional standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, and lifting or moving items weighing up to 10 pounds may be required.

Specific visual abilities may include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Travel is expected to be less than 15% annually.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role. The responsibilities listed above describe the primary functions of the position and are not intended to represent every possible assignment or work requirement. This language preserves the work-environment, physical-demand, accommodation, and travel provisions in the original description.

**Salary range: * $79,200-99,000**  
****The salary range listed is a guide for this position and may vary depending on experience, education, geographic location, and other qualifications. The final offer will be determined based on the candidate's individual merits and the company's compensation policies.*** 

**The selection of the person to be hired for this position is contingent on the candidate having export compliance eligibility for access to U.S. controlled technology which comes under the licensing jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of State, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Administration Regulations (EAR).**

**The candidate selected will have to qualify as either a U.S. citizen, a U.S. National, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., a Person Admitted into the U.S. as an Asylee or Refugee., a National of a country that is not prohibited from having access to U.S. controlled technology (via a letter of assurance), or a Person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on Materion’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with Materion’s business requirements.**

**Materion Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the Company’s policy to not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.**

**Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.**

**Materion’s Veteran Employee Resource group supports veterans and promotes the benefits of hiring veterans in the workplace. We honor all those who have served and are a military friendly company. Veterans are encouraged to apply and military experience and skills are transferrable to Materion careers.**

**Please provide complete information. An incomplete application may affect your consideration for employment.**
## Skills

- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Inventory Control
- Balance Sheet
- ITAR Compliance
- Analytics
- Plant Operations
- Capital Budgeting
- Performance Management
- Bank Reconciliations
- Microsoft Excel
- Process Optimization
- Financial Forecasting
- Problem Solving
- Planning
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Month-End Close
- Financial Planning
- Cost Accounting
- Office Equipment
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Financial Modeling
- Capital Expenditure
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
- Process Improvement
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Statistics
- Environment Health And Safety
- Financial Analysis
- Internal Controls
- Product Costing
- Journal Entries
- Assertiveness
- Leadership
- Alteryx Software
- Inventory Management
- Ability to Work Independently
- Export Control Compliance
- Data Analysis
- Intellectual Curiosity
- Communication
- SAP
- Depreciation
- Business Requirements
- Budgeting
- Accruals
- Power BI

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