Cost Accounting Manager

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Get to Know the Opportunity:

We are seeking a Cost Accounting Manager to join our Enterprise Cost team.  The Cost Accounting Manager will collaborate with other members of the Expense team, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Controller’s teams and key business partners.  This team is responsible for the accounting of all Sales, General & Administrative (SG&A) expenses and this role will drive process efficiency and automation.  Preparing consolidated expense and management reporting, including variance analysis on a monthly basis, both on an allocated and unallocated basis.  Responsible for coordinating, conducting, reviewing and/or documenting efforts involving financial close processes, analysis, ad hoc requests, research and special projects.

Please Note: This position allows remote work from home but will require travel to our Voya office as business requires.  Candidates must be located within a 100-mile radius from your assigned office and primarily operate in EST.

The Contributions You'll make:

• Coordinate/manage month-end close accounting activities, ensuring timely execution, accuracy and completeness (including accruals, prepayments and coordination of other accounting transactions) for functional cost centers including Business Direct, Shared Services and IT.
• Prepare allocated & unallocated expense reporting, consolidated reporting and variance analysis on a monthly basis; direct and indirect costs, and other expenses analysis that may be required.
• Review monthly and/or quarterly Account Reconciliations
• Ensure expense processes are adhering to accounting policies and in compliance with SOX and audit standards, including sufficient controls and efficient expense processes are established/maintained
• Recommend process improvements, provide insights for improved reporting and identify activities or controls that are best suited for automation
• Assist with presentations and analyze financial materials to support executive leadership meetings
• Lead and supervise Expense team, manage priorities, and facilitate team huddles
• Provide guidance, training and development opportunities for staff
• Share technical expertise and systems proficiency to help team navigate systems.
• Manage/supervise offshore partners or third parties providing accounting related support services and ensuring SLA’s are met and quality is delivered
• Coordination of external and internal auditor requests
• Other duties and ad hoc analytical support as assigned

Minimum Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field
• 7+ years expense related accounting experience
• Minimum 3 years of direct managerial experience
• Strong financial system skills (Oracle ERP, Excel, Smartview)

Preferred Knowledge & Experience:

• CPA, MBA or similar designation strongly preferred
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Sound fundamental knowledge of Finance and business processes.
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to effectively and clearly communicate and influence others including senior leadership
• A self-starter, self-motivated, self-disciplined and performance driven

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

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Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.