Cost Accounting Manager

About us

Nexomer Engineered Materials (G-3 Chickadee) is a standalone specialty chemicals manufacturer with production sites in Houston and Beaumont, Texas, and an R&D center in Akron, Ohio. Following our carve-out from a global manufacturer, we are building our own finance organization and implementing SAP S/4HANA, with go-live planned for mid-2027. This is a rare chance to shape a finance function from day one: the processes, controls and team you build will be the ones the company runs on.

About the role

Own product costing, inventory valuation and margin reporting across our two chemical plants. You will set up and run standard costing and Material Ledger actual costing in S/4HANA, lead the plant cost accounting close with the plant controllers, and support cost-based customer pricing.

We are standing up S/4HANA with no legacy SAP team in place to train or support new hires, so we need people who have already done this work in S/4HANA and can operate independently from their first week.

What you will do

• Own standard cost estimates, costing runs and cost releases (CK11N/CK40N) and activity prices
• Run the monthly Material Ledger actual costing (CKMLCP) and analyze price differences and revaluations
• Lead the plant cost close with plant controllers: process order WIP, variances and settlement, by-product and co-product costing
• Design and maintain allocation cycles and Margin Analysis reporting by product and customer
• Support cost-plus customer pricing with clear, auditable cost build-ups
• Own inventory valuation, capitalized variances, and excess and obsolete reserve methodology; support the external audit
• Lead the go-live change to activity-based standards and explain the impact on inventory and margins

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CMA preferred
• 8+ years of cost accounting in process manufacturing (chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers or similar)
• 3+ years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA CO-PC experience, including Material Ledger with actual costing, process orders, WIP and variance calculation, and settlement
• At least one full S/4HANA implementation or migration as a key user or lead
• Strong understanding of US GAAP inventory accounting (ASC 330), including joint and by-product costing

Nice to have

• Experience in a carve-out or newly standalone company
• Margin Analysis (CO-PA) design and SAP Analytics Cloud reporting
• Experience supporting cost-plus or index-based customer contracts

Why join us

• Build it right the first time: a new S/4HANA system, new processes and a new team, with real influence on how they are designed
• Visible, high-impact role reporting into a lean, hands-on finance leadership team
• Competitive base salary, annual bonus and a full benefits package