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Cost Accountant roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process, which requires employers to document that no qualified U.S. worker is available before filing an I-140 petition on your behalf. Manufacturing, healthcare, and professional services firms regularly sponsor this role for permanent residency.
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Amphenol is one of the world’s most innovative and advanced interconnect technology manufacturers. More than 70,000 “Amphenolians” connect our world throughout the 100+ Amphenol businesses across the globe. Each of our businesses embraces Amphenol’s entrepreneurial culture in driving leading performance through personal accountability – and our people are our most important asset.
ROLE
Cost Accounting Manager
Amphenol Industrial Operations
Reports to: North American Finance Manager
Job Description Summary:
The Cost Accounting Manager is responsible for leading all cost accounting and manufacturing finance activities for a multi-site North American manufacturing operation specializing in connector assemblies, cable assemblies, and solar junction box products. This role owns product costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing performance analysis, fixed asset accounting, accounts payable oversight, and operational financial support.
The Cost Accounting Manager serves as a key business partner to Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Product Management, and Commercial teams by providing accurate product costs, analyzing manufacturing performance, supporting pricing and profitability initiatives, and ensuring strong financial controls across the organization.
This position manages a Cost Analyst and an AP Analyst/Accountant and plays a critical role in maintaining financial integrity while driving continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing and accounting processes.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Cost Accounting & Product Costing
- Own and maintain standard costing systems for connector assemblies, cable assemblies, solar junction box assemblies, and related products.
- Develop, validate, and maintain bills of materials, labor routings, overhead allocation methodologies, and manufacturing cost structures.
- Lead annual standard cost roll activities and periodic cost updates.
- Analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price, and manufacturing variances, identifying drivers and corrective actions.
- Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to evaluate the financial impact of product design changes, sourcing decisions, and manufacturing process improvements.
- Support product profitability analysis and pricing decisions through detailed cost modeling.
- Ensure accurate cost capitalization and inventory valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company policies.
Manufacturing Finance & Operational Support
- Serve as the primary finance partner to Operations and Plant Leadership.
- Analyze manufacturing performance metrics including labor utilization, material yield, scrap, inventory turns, productivity, and absorption.
- Develop reporting and KPIs to improve operational decision-making.
- Support monthly business reviews by providing financial analysis of manufacturing performance and operational trends.
- Participate in capital investment evaluations, return-on-investment analyses, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Provide financial guidance for new product introductions, process transfers, and manufacturing footprint optimization efforts.
Inventory Management & Controls
- Own inventory accounting and reconciliation processes.
- Ensure timely and accurate inventory valuation and reserve methodologies.
- Lead physical inventory counts and cycle count programs.
- Investigate inventory adjustments, aging trends, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory-related variances.
- Strengthen inventory controls and collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain teams to improve inventory accuracy.
Fixed Assets
- Manage fixed asset accounting activities, including capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, and asset verification.
- Partner with Operations on capital project tracking and capital expenditure reporting.
- Maintain compliance with company capitalization policies and audit requirements.
Manufacturing, Sourcing & Supplier Support
- Partner with manufacturing teams to ensure robust and repeatable material and process implementation.
- Support sourcing teams in evaluating new suppliers, qualifying alternate materials, and managing material changes.
- Support ECNs, cost reduction initiatives, and global product transfers involving material or process changes.
Other
- Accounts Payable Leadership – provide oversight of the Accounts Payable functions.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close process.
- Assist with budget, forecast, and strategic planning processes.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Cost Accountant and AP Specialist.
- Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives across accounting and finance processes.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
- CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong experience with standard costing, inventory accounting, and manufacturing finance.
- Experience supporting complex manufacturing operations involving assembly, electromechanical products, wire and cable products, or industrial components preferred.
- Experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Deep understanding of standard costing methodologies and product cost structures.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, variance analysis, and manufacturing operations.
- Understanding of accounts payable, fixed asset accounting, and month-end close processes.
- Ability to analyze large volumes of financial and operational data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Strong ERP proficiency (SAP, Oracle, Epicor, QAD, Plex, Infor, Macola, or similar).
- Excellent communication, business partnering, and leadership skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Company Introduction
Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York, with global manufacturing, design, sales, and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for harsh environments and high performance. Our solutions cater to diverse, high-growth industrial sectors such as alternative energy, energy storage, hyperscale datacom, telecom, rail and mass transit, electric and hybrid vehicles, transportation, factory automation, robotics, and heavy equipment.
Our product portfolio addresses modern power and signal requirements and emerging system technology needs encompassing high-amperage power interconnects utilizing proprietary RADSOK® contact technology, ruggedized circular, rectangular interconnects and board level contacts (GT, AC, PT, Amphe-Lite, Radsert, PowerBlok, SurLok Plus, ePower, UPC, H4 Plus, and more), advanced power distribution including value-add box builds, custom-engineered cable assemblies and overmolded harnesses. With a dedicated team of over 2500 skilled staff operating across a growing international footprint—including eight key manufacturing sites in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East providing localization for our customer base. Amphenol Industrial Operations consistently meets the highest global standards of quality, product performance, design capabilities, and regionalized technical and sales support.
Amphenol Industrial Operations proudly operates as a business unit of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), a global leader in the electronics revolution, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Physical/Environmental Requirements:
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, stand; walk; and use hands to handle, or feel. Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.
INTRODUCTION
Amphenol is one of the world’s most innovative and advanced interconnect technology manufacturers. More than 70,000 “Amphenolians” connect our world throughout the 100+ Amphenol businesses across the globe. Each of our businesses embraces Amphenol’s entrepreneurial culture in driving leading performance through personal accountability – and our people are our most important asset.
ROLE
Cost Accounting Manager
Amphenol Industrial Operations
Reports to: North American Finance Manager
Job Description Summary:
The Cost Accounting Manager is responsible for leading all cost accounting and manufacturing finance activities for a multi-site North American manufacturing operation specializing in connector assemblies, cable assemblies, and solar junction box products. This role owns product costing, inventory accounting, manufacturing performance analysis, fixed asset accounting, accounts payable oversight, and operational financial support.
The Cost Accounting Manager serves as a key business partner to Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Product Management, and Commercial teams by providing accurate product costs, analyzing manufacturing performance, supporting pricing and profitability initiatives, and ensuring strong financial controls across the organization.
This position manages a Cost Analyst and an AP Analyst/Accountant and plays a critical role in maintaining financial integrity while driving continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing and accounting processes.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Cost Accounting & Product Costing
- Own and maintain standard costing systems for connector assemblies, cable assemblies, solar junction box assemblies, and related products.
- Develop, validate, and maintain bills of materials, labor routings, overhead allocation methodologies, and manufacturing cost structures.
- Lead annual standard cost roll activities and periodic cost updates.
- Analyze material, labor, overhead, purchase price, and manufacturing variances, identifying drivers and corrective actions.
- Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to evaluate the financial impact of product design changes, sourcing decisions, and manufacturing process improvements.
- Support product profitability analysis and pricing decisions through detailed cost modeling.
- Ensure accurate cost capitalization and inventory valuation in accordance with U.S. GAAP and company policies.
Manufacturing Finance & Operational Support
- Serve as the primary finance partner to Operations and Plant Leadership.
- Analyze manufacturing performance metrics including labor utilization, material yield, scrap, inventory turns, productivity, and absorption.
- Develop reporting and KPIs to improve operational decision-making.
- Support monthly business reviews by providing financial analysis of manufacturing performance and operational trends.
- Participate in capital investment evaluations, return-on-investment analyses, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Provide financial guidance for new product introductions, process transfers, and manufacturing footprint optimization efforts.
Inventory Management & Controls
- Own inventory accounting and reconciliation processes.
- Ensure timely and accurate inventory valuation and reserve methodologies.
- Lead physical inventory counts and cycle count programs.
- Investigate inventory adjustments, aging trends, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory-related variances.
- Strengthen inventory controls and collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain teams to improve inventory accuracy.
Fixed Assets
- Manage fixed asset accounting activities, including capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, and asset verification.
- Partner with Operations on capital project tracking and capital expenditure reporting.
- Maintain compliance with company capitalization policies and audit requirements.
Manufacturing, Sourcing & Supplier Support
- Partner with manufacturing teams to ensure robust and repeatable material and process implementation.
- Support sourcing teams in evaluating new suppliers, qualifying alternate materials, and managing material changes.
- Support ECNs, cost reduction initiatives, and global product transfers involving material or process changes.
Other
- Accounts Payable Leadership – provide oversight of the Accounts Payable functions.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close process.
- Assist with budget, forecast, and strategic planning processes.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Cost Accountant and AP Specialist.
- Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives across accounting and finance processes.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
- CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience within a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong experience with standard costing, inventory accounting, and manufacturing finance.
- Experience supporting complex manufacturing operations involving assembly, electromechanical products, wire and cable products, or industrial components preferred.
- Experience with ERP systems in a manufacturing environment.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Deep understanding of standard costing methodologies and product cost structures.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, variance analysis, and manufacturing operations.
- Understanding of accounts payable, fixed asset accounting, and month-end close processes.
- Ability to analyze large volumes of financial and operational data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
- Strong ERP proficiency (SAP, Oracle, Epicor, QAD, Plex, Infor, Macola, or similar).
- Excellent communication, business partnering, and leadership skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Company Introduction
Amphenol Industrial Operations, headquartered in Endicott, New York, with global manufacturing, design, sales, and marketing locations, specializes in delivering a comprehensive range of high-reliability power and signal connectors along with interconnection systems designed specifically for harsh environments and high performance. Our solutions cater to diverse, high-growth industrial sectors such as alternative energy, energy storage, hyperscale datacom, telecom, rail and mass transit, electric and hybrid vehicles, transportation, factory automation, robotics, and heavy equipment.
Our product portfolio addresses modern power and signal requirements and emerging system technology needs encompassing high-amperage power interconnects utilizing proprietary RADSOK® contact technology, ruggedized circular, rectangular interconnects and board level contacts (GT, AC, PT, Amphe-Lite, Radsert, PowerBlok, SurLok Plus, ePower, UPC, H4 Plus, and more), advanced power distribution including value-add box builds, custom-engineered cable assemblies and overmolded harnesses. With a dedicated team of over 2500 skilled staff operating across a growing international footprint—including eight key manufacturing sites in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East providing localization for our customer base. Amphenol Industrial Operations consistently meets the highest global standards of quality, product performance, design capabilities, and regionalized technical and sales support.
Amphenol Industrial Operations proudly operates as a business unit of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH), a global leader in the electronics revolution, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Physical/Environmental Requirements:
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, stand; walk; and use hands to handle, or feel. Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Cost Accountant
Match your credentials to PERM requirements
PERM requires the employer to define minimum qualifications before filing. Confirm your degree, CPA status, or cost accounting certifications align with what the employer will certify to DOL, since discrepancies can trigger audits.
Target industries with high PERM filing rates
Manufacturing, healthcare systems, and engineering firms file PERM for Cost Accountants far more frequently than retail or hospitality. Focus your search on companies in these sectors where sponsorship is a recurring practice, not a one-off exception.
Search sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Cost Accountant roles by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you're applying where PERM processes are already established rather than asking employers to start from scratch.
Understand the prevailing wage before negotiating
DOL sets the prevailing wage for your specific role and location through the OFLC Wage Search. Your offered salary must meet or exceed this figure, so review wage levels before entering any offer negotiation to avoid delays at the LCA stage.
Ask employers about their PERM audit history
DOL audits a significant percentage of PERM applications. Employers who have navigated audits before typically have documented business necessity statements and established HR processes, making your sponsorship less likely to stall mid-filing.
File I-140 concurrently when your priority date allows
Once PERM is certified, your employer can file the I-140 immediately. If your priority date is current in the Visa Bulletin, USCIS allows concurrent I-485 filing, which can cut months off your path to a green card.
Green Card Cost Accountant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Cost Accountant role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Cost Accountant positions typically qualify for EB-3 sponsorship as skilled professionals, since the role standardly requires a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. If you hold an advanced degree such as a master's in accounting or an MBA with a concentration in finance, your employer may be able to sponsor you under EB-2, which has a slightly shorter adjudication path for some countries.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for Cost Accountants?
Green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status. There's no annual lottery, and EB-3 has no cap concerns for most countries outside India and China. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone can take six to eighteen months before the I-140 is even filed, compared to an H-1B visa approval that can arrive in weeks with premium processing.
What does the PERM process look like for a Cost Accountant position?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL after completing a supervised recruitment campaign to show no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role. DOL reviews the application and, if certified, the employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS on your behalf. Once the I-140 is approved and your priority date is current, you can file for adjustment of status or apply at a consulate abroad.
How do I find Cost Accountant jobs where the employer already sponsors green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you filter Cost Accountant openings by employers with verified green card sponsorship history, so you can focus on companies that have already completed PERM filings rather than cold-pitching sponsorship to employers who've never done it. Established sponsoring employers also tend to have immigration counsel in place, which accelerates the filing process once you accept an offer.
Can I change jobs after my PERM is filed but before I get my green card?
You can change employers after PERM is certified, but it restarts the process because PERM is tied to a specific employer and job description. Once your I-140 is approved and you've been in adjustment of status for 180 days, portability under AC21 allows you to move to a same or similar role without losing your priority date, as long as the new position is substantially similar in duties and requirements.