Cost Accounting Manager, Heil Environmental

Environmental Solutions Group encompasses industry-leading brands — Heil Environmental, Marathon, Bayne, The Curotto-Can, 3rd Eye, and Soft-Pak — to create a premier, fully integrated equipment group serving the solid waste and recycling industry. Through extensive voice-of-customer outreach, in-house engineering and manufacturing capabilities, a wide-reaching service network, and proven industry expertise, Environmental Solutions Group is focused on solving customer problems through environmentally responsible products and providing world-class support.  For more information, visit www.doveresg.com.

 

ESG is a Dover Corporation operating company. Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $7 billion. We deliver innovative equipment and components, consumable supplies, aftermarket parts, software and digital solutions, and support services through five operating segments: Engineered Products, Fueling Solutions, Imaging & Identification, Pumps & Process Solutions and Refrigeration & Food Equipment. Dover combines global scale with operational agility to lead the markets we serve. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach for over 60 years, our team of over 23,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dover trades on the New York Stock Exchange under "DOV." Additional information is available at dovercorporation.com.

 

 

Operating Company: Environmental Solutions Group – Heil Environmental

Location: Fort Payne, AL

Reports to: Director, FP&A Operations

Department:  Accounting

 

Do you have a strong cost accounting background with a desire to take the next step in your career? We are seeking an experienced Cost Accountant to join our team as Cost Accounting Manager. This role is the costing and operational finance leader for the Division across multiple sites in the United States.  This position manages all aspects of costing and variance reporting, product margin analysis, operational forecasting (demand versus planning and absorption), supply chain analytics, inventory controls and analytics and Kaizen/LEAN project analytics. To be successful in this role, you should be someone who wants to lead by example with a strong costing background in a manufacturing environment, with a history and mindset that continuously improves processes and challenges how things are done.  You will need to demonstrate strong leadership, good accounting skills and business acumen with ambition and potential to move upward within the organization

 

Job Summary:

The Cost Accounting Manager will help to drive working capital initiatives to minimize inventory at a level that supports customer needs and manufacturing lead times.  You will support the Operations and Supply Chain leaders to drive process improvements, establish rigor and action with operational scorecard/metrics and reduce costs.  You will support procurement strategies and logistic initiatives to reduce supplier costs and assess on time delivery performance. The position will also be involved in all operational and supply chain Kaizen/LEAN activities and measure the results of these events.  You will also establish a common approach to costing across Environmental Solutions Group (ESG) and drive variance analysis in margins and costs to improve business performance and profitability across the sites.  You will support make/buy and process improvement initiatives to assess cost impact. This role manages one seasoned Cost Analyst as well as indirectly coordinates across teams and functions.

 

About the Company:

Heil Environmental, part of Environmental Solutions Group, is the industry leader in garbage truck body design and specialized refuse body manufacturing. Environmental Solutions Group encompasses industry-leading brands like Heil Environmental, Marathon, Bayne, The Curotto-Can, 3rd Eye, and Soft-Pak, to create a premier, fully integrated equipment group serving the solid waste and recycling industry. For more information, visit www.doveresg.com. ESG is a Dover Corporation operating company. Dover is a diversified global manufacturer and solutions provider with annual revenue of approximately $7 billion. Recognized for our entrepreneurial approach, our team of over 23,000 employees takes an ownership mindset, collaborating with customers to redefine what's possible.

 

 

What you will do as Cost Accounting Manager:

• Develop and utilize robust analytical tools to identify areas for operational efficiency improvements and cost savings.
• Manage inventory processes across the sites. This includes setting standard costs, cycle and physical counts, variance analysis, routings are established correctly, scrap, etc. ensuring that the financia