Cost Accounting Manager - Oklahoma City, OK

Job Overview
The Cost Accounting Manager is a key finance leader at our Oklahoma City facility, a brownfield manufacturing plant that continues to scale rapidly. With multiple distinct product lines under one roof and several large capital projects in motion, this is a dynamic environment that demands hands-on involvement, strategic insight, and operational partnership. This role is responsible for all aspects of cost accounting and plant financial support, including the development and maintenance of standard costs, month-end close, variance analysis, and execution of the annual cost roll. The Cost Accounting Manager will work closely with operations, engineering, and corporate finance to drive financial transparency, support strategic decision-making, and strengthen internal controls.
A Day In The Life

• Maintain and ensure the accuracy of standard costs, including BOMs, routings, labor, and overhead rates across diverse manufacturing processes.
• Lead the planning and execution of the annual standard cost roll in SAP, ensuring accuracy and alignment with operational changes.
• Manage month-end close activities, including journal entries, inventory valuation, cost variance analysis, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Partner with operations to classify and analyze production costs, identify cost drivers, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify and address root causes of process or control failures, implementing corrective actions to enhance financial accuracy, compliance, and operational discipline.
• Provide financial guidance and support for major capital projects (AFEs), including tracking, reporting, and post-investment reviews.
• Support the preparation of annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and quarterly pro forma reporting for plant operations.
• Lead and execute the annual physical inventory and manage the ongoing cycle counting program.
• Ensure compliance with internal control policies, US GAAP, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, while identifying opportunities to strengthen financial processes.
• Present financial insights and operational performance analysis to plant leadership and corporate stakeholders.
  

What will help you thrive in this role?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance (Master’s or MBA a plus)
• CPA or CMA certification a strong plus
• 5 plus years of manufacturing cost accounting experience multi-product line and/or greenfield experience a plus
• 2 plus years in people management
• Strong working knowledge of SAP, especially related to standard costing, inventory, fixed asset, and cost center accounting
• Deep understanding of US GAAP, inventory valuation methodologies, and internal control frameworks (SOX)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, PivotTables); experience with OneStream a plus
• Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership and initiative with a continuous improvement mindset
  

Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.