Remote Inventory Cost Accounting Lead — Equity

BARK; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Pet wellness coverage

Equity

Job summary

BARK is seeking an Inventory Cost Accounting Manager to own inventory and COGS accounting across our operations. You will lead a payroll-close friendly team, partner with Operations, Fulfillment, and FP&A, and ensure accurate reporting and controls in a remote US role.

You’ll drive data-driven improvements, leverage automation, and maintain SOX and US GAAP compliance, with potential quarterly travel to NYC and our 3PL warehouses. Competitive compensation, equity, and healthcare are included.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in inventory and cost accounting, ideally within consumer products, retail, manufacturing, or direct-to-consumer businesses.
• Hands-on knowledge of inventory valuation, COGS, landed costs, reserves, and inventory reconciliations.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and SOX controls in a public company environment.
• Experience leading and developing accountants, with the ability to balance hands-on work and team management.
• Experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems and inventory management applications.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory and COGS accounting across our 3PL warehouses and manufacturing partners, ensuring accurate inventory valuation and financial reporting.
• Deliver a clean, on-time monthly inventory close and give Finance leadership a clear read on what’s driving COGS and gross margin, including reserves, landed and average costs, and purchase price variances.
• Keep inventory audit-ready and controls tight. Review journal entries and reconciliations, oversee physical counts, support quarterly reviews and the annual audit, and document conclusions on complex transactions.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of accountants, setting clear priorities, reviewing work, and helping the team deliver accurate results on time.
• Improve how inventory accounting gets done. Partner with Operations, Finance, and systems teams to strengthen data accuracy, reduce manual work, and use automation and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to make reconciliations, reporting, and controls more efficient.

Skills

Inventory accounting

COGS

US GAAP

SOX controls

Team leadership

NetSuite

ERP systems

Data analysis

Automation

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

BARK is seeking an Inventory Cost Accounting Manager to own inventory and COGS accounting across our operations. You will lead a payroll-close friendly team, partner with Operations, Fulfillment, and FP&A, and ensure accurate reporting and controls in a remote US role.

You’ll drive data-driven improvements, leverage automation, and maintain SOX and US GAAP compliance, with potential quarterly travel to NYC and our 3PL warehouses. Competitive compensation, equity, and healthcare are included.