Cost Manager

A Great Opportunity in a Successful and Growing Company!

Holiday Bright Lights (HBL) has been supplying holiday lighting products for over a decade.  As our company evolves each year, we still have our core beliefs of providing quality holiday lighting products – while we continue to innovate products for the future. 

HBL is seeking a highly organized, analytically strong Cost Manager with a minimum of five years of experience to oversee cost control, budgeting, and credit management functions.  This role plays a critical part in strengthening financial discipline, improving cash flow, and ensuring customers and departments operate within established financial guidelines.

The ideal candidate brings sound financial judgment, process-driven thinking, and the confidence to enforce policies while maintaining strong working relationships across departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Control and monitor company spending to ensure financial efficiency
• Develop, implement, and manage department budgets
• Establish and build out a structured credit department
• Conduct credit checks on current and prospective customers
• Develop and manage customer payment policies and programs.  Oversee credit collection process.
• Ensure customers comply with agreed-upon terms and conditions, including deposit requirements
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and proactively address delinquencies
• Assist with tax-related documentation and coordination
• Support leadership with financial reporting and analysis

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in cost management, finance, accounting, or credit management
• Experience setting up and managing department budgets
• Demonstrated experience in credit oversight and collections
• Strong understanding of financial controls and cash flow management
• Working knowledge of tax processes and compliance support
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to enforce policies while maintaining professional relationships
• Comfortable working full-time in-office in Glenview, IL

Why This Role Matters

This position plays a vital role in protecting company profitability, improving cash flow stability, and ensuring disciplined financial operations.  The Cost Manager helps build the financial infrastructure necessary to support continued growth while maintaining accountability across the organization.  This position reports directly to the owner.