Sr. Inventory Accountant

About the role

The position reports to the Cost Accounting Manager and assists with various tasks including month-end close process, account reconciliations, global standard costing, and project support. The role also involves providing support on large animal inventory matters.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries and reconciliations for global diet and bedding, small animal, and large animal business units as needed in accordance with the Corporate calendar.
• Prepare, analyze, and distribute monthly global inventory reports.
• Responsible for standard cost updates, bill of material cost verifications, and manufacturing variance analysis for two manufacturing sites, distribution centers, and global RMS production sites, including sites in the U.S., U.K., and Europe.
• Aid in the facilitation and planning of annual physical inventory processes as well as monitoring the processing of the weekly/monthly cycle count activity.
• Conduct investigation and analyses on transactions recorded to ensure inventory is appropriately updated.
• Assist with audit requests related to inventory observations, shipping and receiving cutoffs, and price testing for all inventory sites.
• Support special projects, reporting initiatives to drive change and decision-making, and requests from internal business partners.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required.
• Experience: Overall work experience 5 -7 years, minimum 2 - 5 years in a manufacturing or similar production environment.
• Computer proficiency: Computer proficiency in Microsoft office products required. Experience with J.D. Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or other large ERP systems is a plus.
• Industry experience: Life Science Industry experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Extended computer and display screen equipment usage.
• Ability to read and interpret materials, verbally communicate, and hear required.

Skills

• Efficient: Takes responsibility for own time and effectiveness.
• Communication: Communicates information and ideas clearly and articulately both in oral and written form.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Identifies and separates out the key components of problems and situations, manipulates and interprets information from a range of sources, generates creative solutions, evaluates, and chooses the most appropriate option.
• Organization and Time Management: Plans and prioritizes work, manages time appropriately to meet deadlines, follows up with others to ensure one’s own work and commitments are completed on time, deals with pressure and deadlines through good planning.

Benefits

Inotiv offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits including health and dental coverage, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!

Pay

Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities.

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