Senior Accountant, Inventory & Cost Accounting
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JobgetherManufacturing accounting
Based in United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary55 - 65 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of accounting experience with significant responsibility for inventory and cost accounting.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft Excel
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of accounting experience with significant responsibility for inventory and cost accounting.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP inventory accounting, including ASC 330, standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis.
- Hands-on ERP experience with inventory and BOM modules; Infor experience is preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, reconciliations, financial modeling, and data analysis.
- Ability to work independently and effectively in a fully remote environment.
- CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
- Experience in manufacturing, life sciences, chemicals, consumer products, or a similar inventory-intensive environment is preferred.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers, third-party logistics providers, or external warehouse arrangements is preferred.
- Experience supporting financial audits and documenting internal controls is a plus.
- Experience developing cost assumptions for long-range financial plans or financial models is preferred.
- Exposure to multi-entity or international accounting operations is beneficial.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end accounting for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods held internally and through third-party manufacturers and warehouses.
- Prepare and record monthly inventory transactions in the ERP system, including receipts, transfers, adjustments, and cost of sales.
- Reconcile the inventory subledger to the general ledger and maintain supporting documentation and reviewer approvals.
- Perform inventory valuation analysis under U.S. GAAP, including lower-of-cost-or-net-realizable-value analysis and excess and obsolete inventory reserve assessments.
- Analyze purchase price, usage, yield, and standard-to-actual variances and recommend corrective entries.
- Coordinate physical inventory and cycle counts, review third-party reports and confirmations, and reconcile external records to internal balances.
- Create and maintain ERP Bills of Materials, control changes, reconcile BOM unit costs, and maintain standard costs through cost roll-ups and inventory revaluations.
- Develop cost assumptions for five-year financial planning and model cost of goods sold and gross margin scenarios with Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance.
- Prepare inventory schedules and audit support, respond to external auditor requests, and document processes and internal controls.
- Identify and implement accounting process improvements and support broader accounting activities and ad-hoc projects.
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