Manager, Cost Accounting - CMC

The Role:

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.

As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives.

Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.​

Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw, Poland, a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions, meeting the growing demand of Moderna’s global business operations. We're inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.

This role is an exciting opportunity to be a critical part of the Finance team supporting a high-growth organization that is radically changing the biotech industry. The Cost Accounting Manager will join a collaborative Finance team supporting our global CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls) organization, which includes manufacturing operations, supply chain management, and facilities worldwide.

This role is focused on inventory, standard costing, and cost of goods, ensuring financial transparency and strategic decision-making support. Reporting to the CMC Controller, the role is based in Warsaw, Poland, with a hybrid work model that includes 70% on-site presence and up to 30% remote flexibility.

Here's What You’ll Do:

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Oversee financial reporting and analysis for US CMO plants, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

• Support the implementation and updates of inventory reserves, obsolescence, and scrap policies.

• Partner with Supply Chain to contribute to the company’s planning cycle.

• Maintain standard costs for raw materials, semi-finished, and finished goods for US entities.

• Ensure accuracy in inventory valuation by maintaining a standard cost system and updating manufacturing cost standards annually.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Monitor inventory transactions, including scrap, cycle counts, and cost of goods, ensuring compliance with corporate policies.

• Prepare consolidated inventory reports for journal entries, decision-making assessments, and internal/external reporting.

• Assist in month-end closing, including preparing journal entries for inventory and cost of goods and reconciling general ledger accounts.

• Coordinate with Supply Chain Management, Material Master, and Manufacturing departments to resolve production, purchasing, and inventory issues.

• Support cost-based pricing contracts, intercompany transfer pricing, and shipping valuations.

• Analyze and report purchasing and manufacturing variances, adapting strategies based on financial insights.

• Calculate Excess & Obsolescence reserves and develop/maintain SOX controls related to costing and inventory.

• Assist with annual physical inventory and internal/external audits, ensuring compliance and financial transparency.

• Engage in day-to-day accounting activities and contribute to special projects as required.

The key Moderna Mindsets you’ll need to succeed in the role:

• We behave like owners – You will oversee critical financial controls for global manufacturing, ensuring precision and accountability in cost accounting.

• We push past possible – This role will require a hands-on, strategic mindset to drive financial excellence in a fast-paced, high-growth biotech environment.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

• 5+ year’s of progressive experience in cost accounting

• BS/BA in Accounting/Finance and five+ years of relevant cost accounting experience

• SAP experience

• Experience in a process manufacturing environment and a general understanding of discrete manufacturing

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Public company experience a plus, with a working knowledge of cGMP

• Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

• Strong communication skills, ability to present financial information in a meaningful understandable way

• Self-motivated and ability to work independently and collaboratively and strong organizational skills are essential

• Ability to work in a time-sensitive and high-volume environment

• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite and related tools

• A desire to be part of a high-growth, transformational company that is Bold, Relentless, Curious, and Collaborative.

Moderna offers personalized benefit programs and well-being resources as unique as our global workforce so employees can do their best work.

We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Educational resources
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras!

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world. 

By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.
We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute and make a meaningful impact.
If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities.

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply!

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Belonging, Inclusion, and Diversity are critical to the success of our company and our impact on society. We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees and believe that by cultivating diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we can provide an environment where every employee is able to contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should

contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at [email protected].

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