{"id":1258296,"url":"https://alion.io/job/cyclic-materials-cost-accountant","title":"Cost Accountant","company":{"id":1784235,"name":"Cyclic Materials","domain":"cyclicmaterials.earth","url":"https://alion.io/company/cyclicmaterials","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Toronto, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":38000,"max_usd":94000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":67},"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-26T17:27:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T22:15:04Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":31,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":31},"description":"Cyclic Materials is building a resilient circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical materials. Through our fully integrated proprietary technology platform, we recover rare earths from end-of-life products and transform them into high-purity materials used to produce new permanent magnets. These magnets are critical to the modern economy, underpinning AI, automotive, e-mobility, electronics, semiconductor, energy, defense, and other advanced manufacturing sectors.\nFounded in 2021, Cyclic Materials has rapidly become a category leader in rare earth recovery, achieving commercial operations in less than five years. We currently operate facilities in Ontario and Arizona, with further expansion underway in South Carolina. Backed by investment accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., alongside strategic investors including Microsoft, Amazon, Hitachi Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion fund, Energy Impact Partners, ArcTern Ventures, and Fifth Wall, we are scaling quickly and building the industrial backbone required to meet growing global demand for a secure and sustainable supply of rare earths.\nWe have established an extensive and growing network of commercial partnerships with global industry leaders such as Solvay, Vattenfall, Lime, and VACUUMSCHMELZE, enabling the rapid deployment of recycled rare earth materials into real-world supply chains. Joining Cyclic Materials means tackling complex and exciting challenges at scale alongside a team committed to strong execution and measurable impact. If you are motivated by building critical infrastructure and advancing the circular economy, join us and help accelerate the growth of rare earth recycling.\nThe opportunity\nCyclic Materials is building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical materials. We are seeking a hands-on Cost Accountant to strengthen cost visibility, inventory integrity, and financial decision-making across our Canadian and US manufacturing operations.\nThis role is ideal for a manufacturing finance professional who enjoys working close to the plant floor. You will own core cost-accounting processes, partner with Operations and Supply Chain, and turn production data into practical insights that improve margins, working capital, and operational performance.\nWhat you will do\nMaintain and continuously improve the standard cost system for raw materials, work in process, finished goods, labour, burden, and manufacturing overhead.\nPrepare and explain monthly production variances, including purchase price, material usage, labour efficiency, yield, scrap, volume, and overhead absorption.\nLead cost-accounting activities for month-end close, including inventory valuation, accruals, journal entries, account reconciliations, and cost-of-goods-sold analysis.\nPerform inventory reconciliations and cycle-count analysis; investigate discrepancies and support corrective actions that strengthen inventory accuracy and controls.\nDevelop product, process, and customer profitability analysis to support pricing, make-versus-buy decisions, sourcing choices, and capacity planning.\nSupport annual budgeting, forecasting, and periodic reforecasting for manufacturing costs, inventory, capital projects, and plant performance.\nSupport capital-expenditure tracking, project cost reviews, fixed-asset accounting, and post-investment analysis in collaboration with project owners.\nContribute to external audits, internal controls, accounting-policy compliance, and the documentation of scalable processes as the business grows.\nWhat you bring\nBachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related discipline; CMA strongly preferred.\nFour to five years of progressive accounting experience in an industrial manufacturing environment, with meaningful responsibility for cost accounting and inventory.\nStrong knowledge of standard costing, manufacturing variances, inventory valuation, cost of goods sold, and month-end close.\nHands-on experience using Microsoft Dynamics - Business Central ERP is a definite advantage.\nExperience working with ERP and manufacturing systems; comfort extracting, reconciling, and analysing high-volume operational and financial data.\nAdvanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, data modelling, and clear management reporting.\nSound understanding of Canadian accounting requirements and internal-control principles; experience with USGAAP and IFRS is an asset.\nStrong analytical judgment and the ability to move from a variance or data issue to root cause, business impact, and practical action.\nClear communication skills and the confidence to work constructively with production, engineering, procurement, and senior finance stakeholders.\nDemonstrated attention to detail, ownership, and the ability to manage deadlines in a dynamic, scaling organization.\nProfessional designation\nHighly preferred: a US or Canadian CMA designation, or active and demonstrable progress toward completing the Cost Accounting program. Equivalent combinations of relevant education and directly applicable manufacturing cost-accounting experience may be considered.\nWhat will help you succeed\nA practical, floor-to-finance mindset: you are comfortable validating assumptions where work happens, not only in spreadsheets.\nCuriosity about manufacturing processes and the discipline to connect operational drivers with financial outcomes.\nA continuous-improvement orientation and the ability to design controls and reporting that scale with a growing operation.\nComfort operating with evolving systems, priorities, and processes while maintaining accuracy and accountability.\nA collaborative, service-minded approach and genuine interest in Cyclic Materials’ circular-economy mission.\nMeasures of success\nAccurate, timely standard costs and inventory valuation.\nReliable month-end reporting with clear variance explanations and actionable follow-through.\nImproved inventory accuracy, controls, and visibility into cost drivers.\nTrusted partnership with plant and functional leaders.\nScalable processes and decision-support tools that keep pace with operational growth.\nPay Range\n$65,000—$85,000 CAD\nWhy You Will Love Cyclic Materials \nAt Cyclic Materials, we're dedicated to supporting our workforce on their unique career journey\nWe offer a competitive compensation package including Health and Dental coverage, RRSP (Canada)/ 401K (USA) contributions and a generous paid time off program that lets you recharge\nWe value diversity and are committed to maintaining a workplace where everyone is respected and recognized for their contributions\nThe base compensation offered is determined based on the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and competencies and considers internal equity.\nAs an Equal Opportunity employer, Cyclic Materials is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed. If you require accommodation at any stage of the interview process, please email . Applicants for roles in Canada or the United States must be authorized to work in the applicable country without current or future sponsorship from Cyclic Materials, including for an H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN, L1-A visa, or any other non-immigrant status.\nTo all applicants, your interest and effort are sincerely appreciated. 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