Senior Accountant, Inventory

Driven Brands, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Driven Brands, Inc. is seeking a Senior Accountant, Inventory Accounting to support month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and audit readiness in a control-focused environment. You will partner with cross-functional teams to strengthen inventory processes and documentation while ensuring timely financial reporting.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of experience in accounting, a solid grasp of U.S. GAAP, and advanced Excel skills.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience including month-end close.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Experience with inventory accounting and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to analyze large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support monthly, quarterly, and annual close for inventory accounts.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting schedules.
• Analyze inventory activity to identify discrepancies and process issues.
• Research differences between operational records, subledger activity, and GL balances.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support SOX controls and audits.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, IT, FP&A, and Internal Audit to resolve issues.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPA or CPA candidate preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

**JOB DESCRIPTION:**The Senior Accountant, Inventory Accounting will support inventory-related accounting activities, including month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, account analysis, controls, and audit support. This role requires a detail-oriented accounting professional who can work with large volumes of operational and financial data, identify and resolve reconciling items, and support accurate and timely financial reporting in a complex operating environment. This position will partner with cross-functional teams to understand inventory activity, improve documentation, strengthen account reconciliations, and support consistent execution of inventory accounting processes. This role is especially important in a control-focused environment where the company is strengthening processes, documentation, and controls related to journal entries and account reconciliations. The successful candidate should be comfortable working in a dynamic environment, researching issues independently, and helping build practical, repeatable processes. **How you will** ***Own It:*** * Prepare and support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities related to inventory accounts.* Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting schedules.* Analyze inventory-related activity to identify trends, discrepancies, reconciling items, and potential process issues.* Research and resolve differences between operational records, subledger activity, and general ledger balances.* Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready documentation supporting accounting conclusions, reconciliations, journal entries, and close deliverables.* Reconciliations, Controls & Compliance* Prepare and maintain complex reconciliations for inventory and related balance sheet accounts.* Investigate reconciling items and exceptions, perform root-cause analysis, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive timely resolution.* Execute assigned SOX controls and maintain evidence demonstrating effective control performance and review readiness.* Support improvements to reconciliation quality, documentation standards, control evidence, and close consistency across assigned accounting areas.* Support a control-focused accounting environment by preparing well-supported journal entries, maintaining high-quality reconciliations, resolving reconciling items timely, and improving documentation to support review, audit, and SOX requirements.* Assist with internal and external audit requests by preparing clear schedules, support, explanations, and follow-up responses.* Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Partnership* Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, IT, FP&A, Internal Audit, SOX, and other accounting teams to obtain information, resolve issues, and support accurate financial results.* Identify opportunities to improve manual workflows, strengthen documentation, enhance reconciliation quality, and improve consistency across assigned accounting areas.* Communicate questions, risks, open items, and recommended solutions clearly and timely to management.**What you’ll** ***Bring:*** * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.* 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, including experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analysis, and audit support.* Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and accounting documentation requirements.* Experience working with operational or financial data and reconciling activity across multiple systems or data sources.* Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and follow up on open items.* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, conditional logic, data validation, and ability to analyze large data sets.* Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting issues clearly to both accounting and non-accounting stakeholders.* High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, completeness, documentation discipline, and timely escalation.* Preferred* CPA or CPA candidate preferred.* Public company, public accounting, multi-location, high-volume transaction processing, or other complex operating environment experience.* Experience with inventory accounting, cost accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, controls, or related operational accounting activity.* Experience operating in a control-focused, remediation, transformation, or high-change environment.The successful candidate is a hands-on, detail-oriented accounting professional who is comfortable working with inventory-related activity, reconciling complex accounts, and supporting accurate financial reporting in a dynamic environment. Success in the role will be demonstrated through timely close execution, accurate reconciliations, audit-ready support, strong cross-functional partnership, and the ability to improve documentation and processes over time. **Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.** #LI-DM1#LI-Remote#dbcorpPosition Location:North CarolinaCompensation Range:$70,200.00 - $125,400.00Compensation Frequency:AnnualBase pay offered may vary depending on actual location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Supplemental pay types may include commissions or bonus incentives, depending on the role. Driven Brands offers a variety of health and wellness benefits including paid time off and holiday pay. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.drivenbrandsbenefits.com