Inventory Senior Accountant - Costing, Variance & Month-End

Optimas; Wood Dale (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimas is seeking a Senior Accountant, Inventory in Wood Dale, IL. You will own inventory-related close processes, perform cost-variance analyses, and ensure accurate reporting across product lines and warehouses.

You will partner with operations, procurement, and accounts payable, supporting the Plant Controller and improving internal controls to safeguard assets and optimize cost of goods sold.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Minimum of 3+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Strong knowledge of month-end close including inventory accruals and cost-variance analysis.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP as applied to inventory valuation and cost of goods sold.
• Experience in industrial manufacturing strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close tasks including inventory accruals and related balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support costing methodologies, analyze cost variances, and ensure accurate inventory valuation across all product lines and warehouse locations in NetSuite.
• Analyze goods received not invoiced (GRNI) through data extraction and validation, booking journal entries and performing reconciliations.
• Review open and closed POs to validate accuracy and completeness.
• Support the Optimas Manufacturing Plant Controller with inventory-related accounting tasks in Epicor, including standard cost maintenance and analysis of purchase price variances and manufacturing variances.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Internal controls

Risk awareness

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NetSuite

Epicor

Job description

Optimas is seeking a Senior Accountant, Inventory in Wood Dale, IL. You will own inventory-related close processes, perform cost-variance analyses, and ensure accurate reporting across product lines and warehouses.

You will partner with operations, procurement, and accounts payable, supporting the Plant Controller and improving internal controls to safeguard assets and optimize cost of goods sold.