Senior Accountant: Inventory, Fixed Assets & Closings

Vulcan-Elements; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Vulcan Elements seeks a Senior Accountant to join our corporate accounting function as an early technical hire. This role covers foreign currency accounting, inventory and cost accounting, fixed assets, and supporting the finance team as we scale.

You will help manage month-end close, reconciliations, and multi-entity consolidation, while supporting audits and policy updates in a fast-growing, export-controlled environment. Strong GAAP knowledge and data-expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• 3–5 years accounting/finance experience; public accounting a plus.
• Experience with inventory and fixed asset accounting; manufacturing or capital-intensive business experience a plus.
• Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge incl ASC 330, ASC 360, ASC 830.
• Experience with NetSuite, Ramp or similar systems and Workiva.
• Advanced Excel skills; comfortable handling large data sets and reconciliations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to meet reporting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close with journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement prep per U.S. GAAP.
• Assist accounts payable including invoice review, coding, and three-way match.
• Maintain inventory rollforward and reconcile MES/subledger to GL.
• Analyze inventory variances and recommend corrective actions or reserve adjustments.
• Maintain fixed asset subledger including setup, useful lives, depreciation, and disposals.
• Manage CIP and capitalization, and CIP roll-forwards.
• Support foreign currency accounting per ASC 830 (translation, remeasurement, CTA rollforward).
• Assist multi-entity consolidation and intercompany eliminations.
• Support external audits, tax filings, and other compliance requests.
• Assist implementation of new accounting policies and standards.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

NetSuite

Ramp

Workiva

Job description

Vulcan Elements seeks a Senior Accountant to join our corporate accounting function as an early technical hire. This role covers foreign currency accounting, inventory and cost accounting, fixed assets, and supporting the finance team as we scale.

You will help manage month-end close, reconciliations, and multi-entity consolidation, while supporting audits and policy updates in a fast-growing, export-controlled environment. Strong GAAP knowledge and data-expertise are essential.