Senior Cost Accountant

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

Senior Cost Accountant-Everett, WA or Snoqualmie WA (Hybrid)

At Allegion, we are driven by a bold vision: redefining safety while empowering our employees to thrive. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that values innovation, purpose, and excellence. This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work model—combining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role.

We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we’ll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact.

Job Summary:

Allegion is currently looking for a self-starter who is willing to roll their sleeves up and dive into the details to drive change in our fast-growing and changing company. This position is a great opportunity to use your technical financial skills, along with working cross-functionally with many different departments. You will need to think broadly, be curious, use data to drive decision making and be comfortable challenging the status quo. This hybrid role is located in either Everett, Washington or Snoqualmie, WA and reports to the Controller for AD Systems in Allegion’s Doors & Windows Strategic Business Unit. This role is responsible for leading the analysis of product costing and ensuring its accuracy for the Doors and Windows SBU, which includes 5 brands and 4 manufacturing sites across Washington, Ohio, and Canada. This role should drive consistent and accurate analyses with key insights to drive business performance while maintaining a strong control environment.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a well-respected business partner and financial resource, with frequent partnership with manufacturing, supply chain management, project management, sales, engineering and IT

• Assist Controller in financial analysis on drivers of business performance, including project margin analysis, productivity, and inflation; suggest actions for improving business performance.

• Lead annual standard setting process and maintain accurate costing, perform cost rolls of inventory, and investigate deviations from standards.

• Collaborate with business partners on inventory reporting process, including forecasting future inventory levels and turns; partner with supply chain to identify mitigating actions to improve inventory velocity and cash flow

• Participate in annual physical inventory

• Review all sales orders for accuracy of revenue recognition

• Review and analyze all production variances by production order

• Responsible for month-end accounting close activities including preparation of journal entries and reconciliations, analysis and presentation.

• Own Cycle Count Process and maintain weekly metrics.

• Support Controller with submission of forecasts, annual operating plans, and other deliverables and ad hoc analyses, as needed.

• Adhere to Allegion internal controls and accounting policies

• Partner with the business to implement process control strategies around functional areas and IT systems, specifically focused on process simplification, automation, standardization, and internal control enhancements.

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• CMA or CPA is preferred but not required

• 3+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing business

• Proficient with utilizing technology, such as Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Power BI, Excel - VLookup, XLookup, Pivot tables, Sumif, IF, etc.), Hyperion (HFM), Microsoft D365 Finance and Operations

• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with project ownership.

• Business partnership experience.

• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Limited business travel expected: Less than 5%.

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if:

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others. With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.

• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development. As we grow, we want you to grow with us.

• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance. Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work!

• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognizing our commitment to employee engagement, strengths-based development, and unlocking human potential.

What You’ll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period

• Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses

• Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses

• Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury

• Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn monetary rewards

• Employee Discounts through

• Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”

• Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching

Compensation: This range is provided by Allegion. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience.

• The expected Base Salary Range: 90,800-160,700. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.