Principal Cost Accountant

Hopkinton, MA

Job Description

Overview:

The Principal Cost Accountant will lead site cost accounting operations while providing critical manufacturing support and comprehensive financial reporting. This role directs the establishment and maintenance of corporate accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate fiscal record-keeping and timely preparation of financial reports.

The successful candidate will develop and maintain robust planning and budgeting systems that support strategic decision-making across the organization. They will analyze and interpret financial trends and operating results, evaluating performance in terms of costs, budgets, policies, and profit opportunities. The Principal Accountant will present key findings and actionable recommendations to executive leadership to drive business performance.

A critical responsibility includes establishing procedures and internal controls to ensure full compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and other regulatory standards. This position requires strong technical accounting expertise combined with the ability to translate complex financial data into strategic insights.

This is a hybrid opportunity requiring an on-site work schedule Tuesday through Thursday at our site in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for month end close procedures
  • Plan/budget labor & overhead rates and other burden rates for manufacturing
  • Contribute to Monthly Site Operating Review
  • Prepare quarterly Financial forecasts, analyze and report on month-end financials
  • Actively participate in various lean projects to drive efficiencies and savings
  • Review reconciliations and journal entries
  • Analyze and report on month-end financials
  • Ensure adherence to global accounting policies and SOX narratives * Perform/review SOX controls testing
  • Liaise with both internal and external auditors
  • Observe and support cycle counts and physical inventory counts
  • Excess and obsolescence reserve analysis
  • Contribute to various project workstreams

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND
  • A minimum of 8 years' experience in cost accounting

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting
  • Knowledge of Cost Accounting and Cost Accounting Systems
  • Knowledge of SAP and Hyperion preferred
  • Excellent Excel skills; pivot tables and vlookups
  • Ability to interface with cross functional leadership to ensure proper accounting, reporting and support to senior finance leadership
  • Allocates time and resources efficiently to ensure projects completed accurately and timely, focusing on ever-shifting priorities; continually seeks way to improve individual/team efficiency.
  • Exhibits strong decision making; tackles tough problems with firm deadlines; is self-motivated and can work with limited supervision

The base salary range for this full-time position is $110,00.00 - $140,000.00 Annual. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this position. The base pay actually offered to the successful candidate will take into account internal equity, work location, and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that base pay is only one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This range allows for the successful candidate to have an opportunity to progress within the position and develop at our company. This base pay range does not take into account bonuses, equity, or other benefits which may be applicable and are dependent on the level and position offered.

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What do we offer?

We provide competitive and comprehensive benefits to our employees. Below are some highlights of our benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time-Off
  • Parental Benefits
  • Compassionate Care Leave
  • 401k with Company Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more about Revvity's benefits by visiting our Bswift page. Log-In instructions are provided towards the bottom of the Bswift page.

For benefit-eligible roles only. Part-time and temporary roles may not be eligible for all benefits listed. Please reach out to your recruiter for more information.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
We request Priority Protected Veteran & Disabled Referrals for all of our locations within the state.

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Overview:

The Principal Cost Accountant will lead site cost accounting operations while providing critical manufacturing support and comprehensive financial reporting. This role directs the establishment and maintenance of corporate accounting principles, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate fiscal record-keeping and timely preparation of financial reports.

The successful candidate will develop and maintain robust planning and budgeting systems that support strategic decision-making across the organization. They will analyze and interpret financial trends and operating results, evaluating performance in terms of costs, budgets, policies, and profit opportunities. The Principal Accountant will present key findings and actionable recommendations to executive leadership to drive business performance.

A critical responsibility includes establishing procedures and internal controls to ensure full compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and other regulatory standards. This position requires strong technical accounting expertise combined with the ability to translate complex financial data into strategic insights.

This is a hybrid opportunity requiring an on-site work schedule Tuesday through Thursday at our site in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for month end close procedures
  • Plan/budget labor & overhead rates and other burden rates for manufacturing
  • Contribute to Monthly Site Operating Review
  • Prepare quarterly Financial forecasts, analyze and report on month-end financials
  • Actively participate in various lean projects to drive efficiencies and savings
  • Review reconciliations and journal entries
  • Analyze and report on month-end financials
  • Ensure adherence to global accounting policies and SOX narratives * Perform/review SOX controls testing
  • Liaise with both internal and external auditors
  • Observe and support cycle counts and physical inventory counts
  • Excess and obsolescence reserve analysis
  • Contribute to various project workstreams

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND
  • A minimum of 8 years' experience in cost accounting

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting
  • Knowledge of Cost Accounting and Cost Accounting Systems
  • Knowledge of SAP and Hyperion preferred
  • Excellent Excel skills; pivot tables and vlookups
  • Ability to interface with cross functional leadership to ensure proper accounting, reporting and support to senior finance leadership
  • Allocates time and resources efficiently to ensure projects completed accurately and timely, focusing on ever-shifting priorities; continually seeks way to improve individual/team efficiency.
  • Exhibits strong decision making; tackles tough problems with firm deadlines; is self-motivated and can work with limited supervision

The base salary range for this full-time position is $110,00.00 - $140,000.00 Annual. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for a new hire in this position. The base pay actually offered to the successful candidate will take into account internal equity, work location, and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that base pay is only one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This range allows for the successful candidate to have an opportunity to progress within the position and develop at our company. This base pay range does not take into account bonuses, equity, or other benefits which may be applicable and are dependent on the level and position offered.

#LI-JB1


What do we offer?

We provide competitive and comprehensive benefits to our employees. Below are some highlights of our benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time-Off
  • Parental Benefits
  • Compassionate Care Leave
  • 401k with Company Match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more about Revvity's benefits by visiting our Bswift page. Log-In instructions are provided towards the bottom of the Bswift page.

For benefit-eligible roles only. Part-time and temporary roles may not be eligible for all benefits listed. Please reach out to your recruiter for more information.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
We request Priority Protected Veteran & Disabled Referrals for all of our locations within the state.

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About Revvity

At Revvity, “impossible” is inspiration, and "can't be done" is a call to action.

Revvity provides health science solutions, technologies, expertise and services that deliver complete workflows from discovery to development, and diagnosis to cure.

Revvity is revolutionizing what’s possible in healthcare, with specialized focus areas in translational multi-omics technologies, biomarker identification, imaging, prediction, screening, detection and diagnosis, informatics and more.

With more than $3 billion in revenue and over 11,000 employees, Revvity serves customers across pharmaceutical and biotech, diagnostic labs, academia and governments. It is part of the S&P 500 index and has customers in more than 190 countries.

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