Senior Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

• Own and execute high-volume cost accounting transactions, including inventory movements, production entries, and cost-related journal entries
• Support month-end close, including inventory reconciliations, subledger to GL reconciliation, and manufacturing related accruals
• Execute and review cost accounting transactions in a high volume, manual environment
• Investigate manufacturing variances and partner with operations to resolve discrepancies and improve accuracy
• Review and validate Bills of Materials (BOMs) to ensure accurate and reliable product costing
• Analyze and resolve manufacturing variances (material usage, purchase price, production inefficiencies)
• Partner closely with Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams to ensure accurate inventory flow and resolve issues quickly
• Support cycle counts and physical inventory, including investigation and resolution of variances
• Aid in audit readiness, ensuring documentation and processes are well supported
• Help build and improve processes in a manual environment, with a focus on scalability and efficiency
• Gross margin analysis and cost driver insights
• Flooding analysis across inventory, COGS, and production activity
• Investigate and resolve cost fluctuations, with visibility to leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in cost or inventory accounting within manufacturing and R&D environment
• Strong understanding of inventory flow and transactional accounting
• Experience working in manual or high volume environments
• Ability to understand the production environment and the associated financial processes
• Knowledge of supply chain, receiving, inventory flow, operations process, and manufacturing principles
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Advanced Excel skills and strong attention to detail

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in defense and/or aerospace manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting inventory audits and controls
• Exposure to ERP systems and process improvement initiatives

Benefits

Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company

Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more

Our Perks: Free daily lunch, 'No meeting Fridays', unlimited PTO, casual dress code

Cash compensation: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses

Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices