Senior Cost Accountant

About the role

The Senior Cost Accountant will support and build the cost accounting function and its underlying systems, as well as support accounting efforts related to deployed inventory. This role partners closely with operations, engineering, supply chain, and finance teams to support a smooth production ramp-up and ensure accurate financial data capture.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain standard cost methodologies for materials, labor, and overhead.
• Contribute to inventory accounting system and process design, including BOM definitions, routings, and item master governance, in partnership with operations and engineering.
• Establish and maintain cost accounting policies and processes in accordance with US GAAP, including ongoing documentation thereof.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, supply chain, finance, and others to resolve inventory discrepancies and improve internal controls.
• Support inventory valuation, reserves, and capitalization rules for tooling and builds.
• Conduct routine analysis of material and production variances, partnering with operations to identify root causes and recommend improvement opportunities.
• Serve as an educator to the business on key accounting rules and practices in the realm of inventory and costing.
• Maintain a "no job too small" mentality, being able to perform other procedures within the general scope of this role.

Requirements

• 3+ years of manufacturing and cost accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, BOMs, routings, and inventory accounting.
• CMA or CPA, preferred.
• ERP experience, preferably in NetSuite.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Variance and root cause analysis experience.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to partner across functional groups (supply chain, engineering, operations, finance).

Qualifications

• Exposure to energy hardware or other complex assemblies is a plus.
• Experience or desire to operate in a high-growth environment.