- Robot type
- Marine and Space
- Location
- AlamedaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Jun 18, 2026
- Salary
- $225,000–$264,000 a year
Full-time
Director, Manufacturing Finance & Cost Accounting
Job description
Reporting to the Vice President of Finance, you will partner closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, and Executive Leadership to improve cost visibility, strengthen financial controls, and enable data-driven decision making across the organization.
You will own standard costing, inventory valuation, manufacturing analytics, capital planning support, and operational finance processes while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and maintaining a scalable control environment. This role will play a critical part in supporting Saildrone's transition from prototype-driven development to high-volume production.
Saildrone is a maritime defense company and the global…
Job responsibilities
- Lead the Manufacturing Finance, Fixed Assets and Cost Accounting organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team.
- Own standard costing methodologies, cost rollups, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and overhead allocation processes.
- Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership to improve operational efficiency, capacity planning, utilization, and profitability.
- Analyze material, labor, overhead, yield, scrap, and absorption performance and drive corrective actions.
- Develop product costing models to support pricing, business cases, new product introductions, and strategic investment decisions.
- Establish periodic cost reviews to ensure standards accurately reflect operational realities.
- Oversee inventory accounting, cycle counts, physical inventories, reserves, excess and obsolete inventory analyses, and inventory health metrics.
- Support monthly close, forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and executive reporting activities.
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, or operations finance.
- Experience leading teams in complex manufacturing environments with multi-level BOMs and inventory-intensive operations.
- Deep expertise in standard costing, inventory accounting, variance analysis, and manufacturing financial controls.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP related to inventory, capitalization, and manufacturing accounting.
- Demonstrated success building scalable processes, systems, and teams in high-growth organizations.
- Advanced ERP experience and strong analytical capabilities.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.