Senior Accountant

Role Overview

• Oversee monthly inventory close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis.
• Ensure accurate inventory valuation in accordance with company policy and applicable accounting standards.
• Review and analyze cost of goods sold and gross margin trends to identify issues, risks, and opportunities.
• Monitor inventory reserves, including obsolescence, excess, slow-moving, and shrink reserves, and recommend appropriate adjustments.
• Reconcile perpetual inventory records to the general ledger and investigate discrepancies.
• Partner with operations and other cross-functional teams to analyze variances, cycle count results, and physical inventory adjustments.
• Support the development and maintenance of strong internal controls over inventory and costing processes.
• Lead inventory-related activities for the month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare account reconciliations with clear supporting documentation and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Assist with external audit requests related to inventory, cost accounting, and internal controls.
• Support financial reporting and consolidation processes across multiple locations or legal entities.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, consistency, and accuracy in accounting operations.
• Work closely with ERP systems to validate data integrity and ensure reporting accuracy.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting tools related to inventory turnover, gross margin, and working capital analysis.
• Use advanced Excel and reporting tools to analyze large data sets and provide actionable insights.
• Assist with ERP implementations and system upgrades, including inventory data migration, chart of accounts mapping, system testing, and validation of inventory and costing workflows.
• Collaborate with finance and operational teams to improve system utilization and reporting capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (CPA eligible preferred)
• 4-6 years of progressive accounting experience, with significant exposure to inventory and cost accounting
• Strong experience in inventory-heavy environments (preferred)
• Solid understanding of GAAP related to inventory and cost accounting
• Experience working in complex, multi-location or multi-entity environments preferred
• Advanced Excel skills: ERP system experience required
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Tech Stack

• ERP
• Flux

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.