Senior Cost Accountant

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 5-7 years of accounting experience required; manufacturing or cost accounting experience required.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, standard costing, and general ledger accounting.
• Experience supporting month-end close and preparing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Experience working in ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar platforms preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Mechanical engineering or related field preferred.
• Experience with standard cost environments and inventory reserve analysis preferred.
• Experience supporting external audits and internal control environments preferred.

Duties and Essential Functions

• Maintain and analyze standard costing for manufactured products, including labor, overhead, and material components.
• Review and analyze inventory transactions, inventory reserves, excess and obsolete inventory, and inventory valuation.
• Monitor and analyze manufacturing variances, including purchase price variance, labor variance, overhead absorption, scrap, and production yield variances.
• Support annual standard cost updates and periodic cost roll processes.
• Reconcile inventory subledgers to the general ledger and investigate discrepancies.
• Assist with physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and inventory audit procedures.

Month-End Close & General Ledger Accounting

• Prepare and post monthly journal entries related to inventory, accruals, reserves, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other general ledger accounts.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, ensuring deadlines are met accurately and timely.
• Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations and account analyses, including investigation and resolution of reconciling items.
• Maintain supporting schedules and documentation for audit and financial reporting purposes.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal control requirements.

Treasury & Fixed Assets Activities

• Perform treasury-related activities including vendor payment submission and bank reconciliation.
• Aid in cash forecasting and support other treasury related activities.
• Manage fixed asset accounting and maintain accurate fixed asset records and supporting schedules.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Prepare monthly operational and financial analyses related to manufacturing and inventory activity.
• Aid with external audit requests and provide supporting documentation for audit testing.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation within accounting and operational workflows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with operations, supply chain, procurement, and warehouse teams to improve inventory accuracy and financial reporting processes.
• Work closely with ERP system users to ensure integrity of inventory and costing data.
• Aid with ERP implementations, integrations, and process improvement initiatives related to manufacturing and inventory accounting.

Pay Range

$95,000 - $105,000 per year

Schedule

Full Time

Location

Remote - East Coast Preferred