Senior Accountant – Commercial Accounting

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

📋 Description

• Prepare and post journal entries related to warranty accruals and service parts, which encompass monthly expense accruals, claim settlements, and inventory adjustments.

• Calculate quarterly and annual warranty accruals, create true-up schedules, and compile supporting workpapers.

• Assist in preparing for external audits by gathering reconciliations, workpapers, and supporting schedules.

• Maintain and implement the warranty liability methodology, including roll-forwards and assumption inputs.

• Highlight changes in claims experience for management review.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Sales, Operations, Legal, Engineering, and FP&A by providing accounting data, analysis, and conclusions.

• Deliver actuals data, accounting context, and variance explanations to FP&A for forecasting and budgeting purposes.

• Execute and enhance accounting processes and internal controls for warranty and service liabilities.

• Identify opportunities for scalability, automation, and SOX compliance.

• Recognize and escalate accounting implications related to new products, services, and operational changes.

• Assist in documenting accounting conclusions during product launches.

• Identify process improvement opportunities within SAP and collaborate with IT to ensure data accuracy, reporting, and operational insights.

• Report to the Manager, Commercial Accounting.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant accounting experience.

• Experience in public accounting is highly preferred.

• Strong understanding of warranty and contingent liability accounting under ASC 450, with practical experience in preparing accruals, roll-forwards, and reconciliations.

• Experience in service parts or spare-parts inventory accounting under ASC 330, including COGS, reserves, and cycle-count reconciliation.

• Proficiency in ERP systems; SAP is preferred.

• Comfortable collaborating with IT on integrations and transaction flow design.

• Advanced skills in Excel.

• Ability to develop processes from the ground up in a fast-paced, high-growth setting.

• Preferred experience in the automotive, EV, or manufacturing sectors.

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

• Must possess the ability to communicate accounting conclusions effectively to non-accounting partners and proactively escalate issues to the Manager, Commercial Accounting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Vacation.

• 401k.

• Potential eligibility for an equity program.

• Potential eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive program.