Senior Inventory Accountant

EngineersOfAI; München; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Helsing seeks a Senior Financial Accountant specializing in Inventory to own inventory reporting across multiple locations. You will ensure accuracy, compliance, and insightful stock valuations that support margins and product economics.

In this role you will manage month-end close for inventory, COGS, and stock valuation, work with ERP systems (SAP/Oracle/NetSuite), and coordinate with auditors to strengthen internal controls while improving efficiency.

Qualifikationen

• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, or equivalent).
• Experience in manufacturing, retail, or distribution environments.

Aufgaben

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual inventory reporting and COGS reconciliation.
• Prepare GL entries including standard cost adjustments and PPV analysis.
• Reconcile inventory, sub-ledgers, and WMS to ERP modules and fix discrepancies.
• Oversee cycle counting and annual physical inventory counts with teams/auditors.
• Manage end-to-end costing (standard, FIFO, average) and investigate variances.
• Support month-end/year-end close and resolve cut-off issues.
• Liaise with external auditors and provide robust audit papers on inventory.

Kenntnisse

Inventory accounting

Financial reporting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collab

Ausbildung

ACCA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Oracle

NetSuite

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Who we are

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards.

As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously.

We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams – and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications.

The role

As a Senior Financial Accountant specialising in Inventory, you will serve as the finance department's subject-matter expert on inventory accounting, valuation, and controls. You will own the accuracy, completeness, and compliance of inventory reporting across multiple locations and warehouses, work that directly underpins the financial integrity of the business. Sitting at the intersection of finance, supply chain, and operations, you will translate complex stock movements into clear financial insights, shape costing methodology, and build the controls that protect margins. This is a role with genuine scope: your work will influence how leadership understands product economics and where the business chooses to act.

The day-to-day

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting for inventory, cost of goods sold (COGS), and stock valuation, ensuring precise reconciliation with the general ledger

• Prepare complex general ledger entries, including standard cost adjustments, slow-moving and obsolete inventory provisions (SLOB), and purchase price variance (PPV) analysis

• Reconcile physical inventory, sub-ledgers, and warehouse management systems (WMS) to ERP financial modules, resolving discrepancies at source

• Oversee and optimise cycle counting programmes and coordinate annual physical inventory counts with warehouse teams and external auditors

• Manage the end-to-end costing process (standard, FIFO, or average cost), investigating cost variances and recommending adjustments to protect margins

• Support month-end and year-end close processes, proactively identifying and resolving inventory cut-off issues ahead of reporting deadlines

• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors on all inventory and costing queries, preparing robust audit working papers with a high degree of rigour

• Evaluate, design, and implement internal controls over inventory management on an ongoing basis, reducing risk and improving operational efficiency

You should apply if you

• Hold a professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, or equivalent) and have applied it in manufacturing, retail, or distribution environments

• Have built and maintained inventory accounting processes end-to-end, including SLOB provisioning, PPV analysis, standard cost adjustments, and multi-location reconciliations

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of IFRS and local GAAP as they apply to inventory valuation (IAS 2), and can apply this knowledge accurately in complex reporting environments

• Navigate advanced ERP systems (such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite) confidently and use Excel to manipulate and interrogate large data sets with precision

• Communicate complex financial findings clearly and credibly to non-finance stakeholders across operations, logistics, and procurement