Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world. 

POSITION: Senior Cost Accountant

LOCATION: Athens, Georgia

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Senior Cost Accountant to join our dynamic team at our Athens, GA manufacturing facility. In this role, you will play a critical part in driving plant performance through accurate product costing, inventory management, and insightful operational analysis. You’ll collaborate closely with operations, supply chain, and finance teams to support strategic decision-making, improve cost structures, and increase overall efficiency.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead standard cost development and maintenance for the plant, partnering with Operations to ensure accuracy of bills of material (BOMs), routings, and machine/labor rates.
• Support month-end close activities related to inventory and manufacturing costs, including journal entries, job order reviews, and reconciliation of cost variances.
• Deliver meaningful cost and operational analysis to identify cost drivers, enhance margins, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Lead budget and forecast cycles, providing detailed insights into manufacturing costs, volume trends, and resource utilization.
• Prepare and distribute monthly reporting packages, highlighting key performance indicators (KPIs), variance explanations, and cost efficiency metrics for use in plant leadership reviews.
• Ensure inventory integrity and valuation accuracy, partnering with Plant Leadership to review inventory reserves and ensure compliance with company procedures.
• Support cost reduction, performing ROI and cost-benefit analyses and tracking progress against savings goals. 
• Drive continuous improvement, highlighting processes we can automate, streamline, and simplify both for the Athens site but also across the finance organization..
• Participate in broader accounting activities such as balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and general ledger entries as part of the business unit finance team.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong working knowledge of standard costing, job costing, and inventory valuation methods.
• Proven experience with ERP systems (Infor, SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Advanced Excel proficiency (e.g., XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, PivotTables, charts, and dashboards).
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and translate it into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial audiences.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working knowledge of cost modeling, variance analysis, and performance benchmarking.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, and capital expenditure planning.
• Ability to work autonomously without direct onsite supervision (as the direct manager may be at another location)

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy.
• High sense of urgency and ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work cross-functionally across operations, supply chain, and finance.
• Commitment to personal safety leadership and support of a culture where safety is a core value in every decision.

WHAT WE OFFER

Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.

ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.