Senior Accountant

About the Role

We are seeking a diligent, hands-on Senior Accountant/Accounting Manager to join our team. This role involves limited travel to Gatesville, TX, for work meetings and is critical to ensuring accurate product costing, inventory valuation, and financial reporting in a manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate is comfortable working cross-functionally with operations, production, and supply chain teams. This is an execution-focused role with a strong emphasis on hands-on precision in cost and inventory accounting.

For those interested in long-term growth, this position offers the opportunity to be mentored by a supportive CFO with a proven ability and interest in developing future accounting and finance leaders, provided you are committed to mastering the foundational, daily operations first.

Responsibilities

• Execution & Bookkeeping: In partnership with the CFO, support the day-to-day accounting operations, maintaining clean and accurate financial records.
• AR & AP Leadership: Lead the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable functions, ensuring timely invoicing, collections, and vendor payments.
• Inventory & Costing: Accurately track, manage, and report on inventory and labor costs within our manufacturing environment.
• Month-End Close: Perform fundamental account reconciliations, general ledger maintenance, and standard month-end close processes.
• Reporting: Produce consistent, accurate financial reporting and dashboard metrics based on established reporting rhythms for company management and our operating partner, ArchStar.
• Process Automation: Embrace and help advance automated, remote-friendly processes to ensure team members can seamlessly and securely access necessary information.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing or production setting.
• Hands-on experience in the manufacturing industry, specifically managing inventory and labor costs, is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of standard accounting software (QuickBooks experience is highly valuable) and MS Office, particularly Excel.
• Highly comfortable functioning as an individual contributor, managing detailed tasks directly without relying on a support staff.

Personal Attributes

• Absolute integrity and strong business ethics.
• A proactive mentality with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• A continuous-improvement mindset toward accounting processes and controls.
• Adaptable to automated processes and comfortable navigating digital workflows.