Cost Accountant Manager

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Cost Accounting Manager to lead costing and performance management for Wabtec Bus Solutions. This role drives cost efficiency, develops annual standard costs, oversees daily costing activities, and partners with Engineering and Operations to optimize financial performance.

• Develop and maintain standard costs; analyze impact on P&L and product margins.
• Prepare cost estimates for new products and support pricing decisions.
• Manage monthly close activities, including variance analysis, inventory reconciliation, and cost journal entries.
• Monitor compliance with cycle counting programs and coordinate physical inventory activities.
• Maintain accurate cost data in Oracle; report significant cost changes and margin impacts.
• Analyze design, material, and process changes for cost implications; recommend efficiencies.
• Support new product development and sales quoting with cost analysis and estimates.
• Prepare operating budgets, margin reports, and investigate deviations from plan.
• Participate in kaizen events and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for inventory.
• Other ad hoc projects/tasks as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 4–10 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in cost systems and ERP platforms (Oracle preferred).
• Ability to manage projects and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Business acumen with focus on quality and continuous improvement.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold (non-weather) and extreme heat (non-weather). The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather) and work near moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Information

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $ The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at  Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation.

With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

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