# Senior Manager, Cost Accounting

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: Ashville, Ohio
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $139,000-$183,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Manager, Cost Accounting to execute full stack cost accounting for Anduril's high-rate manufacturing site, Arsenal-1.

This role is critical to driving accuracy, insight, and control across our development, manufacturing, and production operations.

The ideal candidate will bring deep technical competency, strong leadership skills, and a risk-based approach in support of the company's preparation for a potential future IPO.

### Responsibilities

- Perform and continuously improve standard costing practices to ensure accurate product costing, variance analysis, and margin reporting for designated product lines and production sites.

- Perform work order review, variance analysis, and closure for the Arsenal-1 site.

- Responsible for a portion of the Company's cost accounting close process, including cost roll-ups, variance analysis, absorption reporting, and reconciliations of inventory and work-in-process.

- Support the adherence to internal controls to strengthen financial accuracy and compliance; identify and remediate control deficiencies as needed.

- Administer physical and cycle count programs across Arsenal-1, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and proper valuation of inventory.

- Interface directly with external auditors on cost accounting and inventory-related matters during the annual financial statement audit.

- Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to analyze manufacturing performance, cost drivers, and production efficiency opportunities.

- Support pricing, cost proposal, and audit requirements related to U.S. government contracts (FAR/CAS).

- Contribute to IPO readiness initiatives, including audit preparation, systems scalability, and establishment of SOX-compliant financial controls.

- Support the Senior Manager with preparing insightful cost analyses and recommendations to support strategic and operational decision-making.

- Support the Manager with a continuous improvement mindset, prioritizing automation to enhance efficiency and accuracy in all financial processes.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, which requires regular interaction with production and manufacturing stakeholders and frequently working directly on the production floor.

### Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA or CMA preferred.

- 5-7 years of progressive cost accounting experience in manufacturing.

- Proven experience with standard costing in complex, low-volume, high-dollar manufacturing environments, with ability to grow into a high-volume environment.

- Strong knowledge of U.S. government contracting cost principles (FAR/CAS).

- Demonstrated experience with maintaining effective internal controls and supporting external audits.

- Advanced proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, or similar) and data analysis tools.

- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across functions and influence senior leadership.

- Experience in a privately held company preparing for an IPO is highly desirable.

- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and leadership skills with a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

- U.S. citizenship is required pursuant to contractual obligations.

### Benefits

Anduril offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) to support health, recovery, and overall well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- standard costing
- cost accounting
- variance analysis
- internal controls
- ERP systems
- data analysis tools
- U.S. government contracting cost principles (FAR/CAS)

### Nice to have
- CPA
- CMA
- IPO readiness
- SOX-compliant financial controls

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