Senior Accountant, Inventory
Overview
This role supports the financial close process, maintains accurate and complete financial records, manages inventory accounting, and ensures compliance with U.S. GAAP. The position plays a key part in month-end close and owns inventory and cost accounting, while also supporting debt, fixed assets, and other accruals.
You will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, IT, and FP&A teams to deliver timely, accurate financial reporting in a high-volume CPG environment.
- Full-time (40 hr/wk)
- Salaried, exempt
- Remote
Responsibilities
- Own key components of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries with a focus on inventory-related items.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies.
- Analyze inventory transactions across multiple sales channels and partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and IT to ensure inventory accuracy, proper cutoff, and strong internal controls.
- Calculate and analyze cost of goods sold (COGS), inventory reserves, and inventory obsolescence.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and support to cross-functional teams.
- Support internal and external audits and tax compliance activities.
- Assist with documenting and maintaining accounting policies and procedures.
- Identify, implement, and document opportunities to improve processes and controls across assigned areas, with a focus on inventory.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal accounting policies, and government regulations.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Travel (<5%) may be required on an as-needed basis, with advance notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA preferred.
- Minimum of 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience required.
- Big 4 public accounting experience preferred.
- Experience managing and reconciling inventory across multiple locations.
- Proficient in variance analyses; able to identify root causes and recommend solutions.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including the ability to research, interpret, and apply GAAP and FASB ASC standards to business transactions and financial reporting.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, preferably with experience managing relationships in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- ERP experience required; NetSuite-specific experience preferred.
- Prior exposure to Floqast or WMS connection tools preferred.
- Accounting experience in a CPG or FMCG environment is ideal.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- Sits most of the time; may involve brief periods of moving.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation range: $105,000 to $115,000 USD/year (commensurate with experience)
- Paid sick time
- Paid holidays
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid volunteer time off
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Company matched (4%) 401(k)
- Eligibility for discretionary bonus
- Employee and immediate-family discounts on all products (upon 60 & 90 days of employment)
Equal Employment Opportunity
The employer is an equal opportunity employer. Employment opportunities are provided without regard to age, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital or civil union status, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or trafficking, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.