The posting
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply!
Your Role at Cabot:
Cabot Corporation is seeking a Regional Manufacturing Accountant to join the team at either Cabot location in Tuscola, IL or Carrollton, KY. This role supports multiple Cabot sites: Tuscola, IL, Carrollton, KY or Midland, MI).
The Regional Manufacturing Accountant plays a key role in managing daily, monthly, and regional financial operations, standard costing, cost accounting, and financial planning for Cabot’s manufacturing site. This position reports through plant/regional finance management to ensure operational performance is reflected accurately in financial reporting, local internal controls, and US GAAP compliance.
This role is based fully onsite at either Cabot location in Tuscola, IL or Carrollton, KY, and 10-15% travel is required to the other sites.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
- Month-End & Financial Closing: Lead or assist in the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process for the manufacturing site, ensuring balance sheet accuracy and general ledger integrity.
- Cost Accounting & Variance Analysis: Oversee standard product costing, monitor cost of goods sold (COGS), analyze operational variances (material, labor, overhead), and report on gross margin performance.
- Inventory Control: Partner with plant operations to manage physical inventory audits, cycle counts, standard cost updates, and reserve evaluations for obsolete/excess inventory.
- Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare weekly/monthly performance dashboards, site financial reports, and cost analyses for regional management and local plant leadership.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Support annual site operational budgeting, quarterly forecasting, capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, and cash flow projections.
- Internal Controls & Compliance: Ensure full alignment with Cabot’s internal financial controls, corporate accounting policies, US GAAP standards, and regulatory compliance.
- Process & ERP Optimization: Utilize ERP systems (such as SAP) to streamline reporting, fix system/posting issues, and drive continuous improvement in plant finance processes.
What You’ll Bring to Cabot:
- University degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 5+ years’ accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- CPA designation or pursuit of the designation, is a plus.
- In-depth understanding of standard costing, variance analysis, and plant cost accounting principles
- Proficiency with enterprise ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to communicate complex financial metrics to non-financial plant and operations personnel.
How We’ll Support Your Success:
- The pay range for this role is from $91,750 to $126,200. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skill, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, all positions are eligible for health benefits on the first day of employment, 401K savings plans, vision, dental and annual bonus based on company performance.
- Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.
- Growth –Training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.
- Meaningful Work that is Valued – Customers are demanding sustainable solutions without compromising quality or performance. The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”
- Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits. Benefits begin on first day of employment. Cabot Benefits
- Feedback – We are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
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At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.
Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.
EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001 Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.
Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.
Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.
Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.
