Cost Accounting Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the accounting, valuation, costing, and financial management of inventory across various business divisions and warehouse sites.

• Take responsibility for inventory accounting and financial reporting across multiple divisions and locations.

• Ensure precise inventory valuation through standard cost, average cost, and other suitable methodologies.

• Manage cost rolls, updates to standard costs, cost adjustments, and inventory revaluations.

• Analyze variances in purchase prices, manufacturing costs, and discrepancies in inventory.

• Confirm that inventory subledgers are reconciled with the general ledger.

• Collaborate with warehouse and manufacturing managers on physical inventories, cycle counts, inventory movement, and ensuring accuracy.

• Work alongside Controllers to guarantee precise financial reporting at month-end and year-end.

• Lead and assist in physical inventory counts and inventory audit procedures.

• Develop and enhance inventory controls, policies, and costing methodologies.

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and schedules for inventory reporting.

• Assist external auditors by providing inventory-related documentation for audits.

• Suggest improvements for processes within ERP systems and inventory workflows.

• Be prepared to travel domestically and internationally as required, up to 25%, to support warehouse operations, inventory audits, ERP implementations, and finance initiatives.

• Report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and collaborate with executive leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience and qualifications are not outlined in this posting; a comprehensive job description, including qualifications, is available upon request.

• Capability to work from any location within the U.S.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required, up to 25%.

• Familiarity with inventory accounting, valuation, costing, and financial management.

• Understanding of U.S. GAAP.

• Experience collaborating with Operations, Warehouse Management, Supply Chain, Controllers, and Finance teams.

• Proficiency in working with standard cost, average cost, cost rolls, updates to standard costs, cost adjustments, and inventory revaluations.

• Ability to analyze purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and inventory discrepancies.

• Skill in reconciling inventory subledgers with the general ledger.

• Capability to support physical inventories, cycle counts, inventory movement, inventory audits, and external auditors.

• Proficient in developing and enhancing inventory controls, policies, and costing procedures.

• Experience preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and inventory reporting schedules.

• Familiarity with ERP systems and inventory workflows.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work — ability to work from any location in the U.S.

• Minimal travel, up to 25%, to visit warehouse locations, support audits, and engage with operations teams in person.

• Direct communication with the CFO and a meaningful position on the Finance leadership team.

• Responsibility for a vital, high-visibility function across various divisions and warehouse locations.

• Opportunities for growth and future leadership roles within the Finance department.

• Diverse and challenging tasks that encompass costing, ERP process improvement, audits, and cross-functional collaboration.

• A stable, well-established company with over 40 years in operation and a proven record of sustainable growth.