Senior Cost Accounting Lead | Hypergrowth Cleantech Scaleup | Austin, TX

Harmonic Finance Inc ™ | Certified B Corp; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmonic Finance Inc is seeking a hands-on Cost Accounting Lead to build and scale a cost accounting function in a fast-growing hardware scaleup in Austin, TX. You will own standard costing, inventory controls, and landed cost per kWh, partnering with operations, engineering and supply chain from day one.

Reporting to finance leadership, you will design policies in line with US GAAP, lead ERP-driven processes (NetSuite) and mentor a small team as the business expands.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing cost accounting experience.
• Expert knowledge of standard costing, BOMs, routings and inventory accounting.
• Strong variance and root cause analysis experience; experience partnering across functions.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain standard cost methodologies for materials, labor and overhead.
• Lead inventory accounting system design and controls with operations and engineering.
• Support month-end close and provide accurate inventory-related reconciliations.
• Act as internal educator on inventory and costing rules across the business.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Root cause analysis

People management

ERP systems

Education

CMA or CPA

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Cost Accounting Lead | Hardware Scaleup | Austin, TX

Harmonic are excited to be partnering with one of the most closely watched hardware businesses in the country, operating at the edge of power storage and power production and building the infrastructure that will underpin the next generation of American energy.

The business has just closed a massive fundraise valuing the company at 11 figures, backed by some of the most prominent venture investors around, and is scaling at a pace few infrastructure businesses ever reach: multiplying its physical production and deployment footprint many times over within the last year alone, with demand still running well ahead of supply.

As that growth continues, the business is building its cost accounting function from the ground up: the systems, policies and controls that will determine its most important unit economics as it scales into new markets.

The Opportunity

This is an outstanding opportunity for a hands-on cost accounting leader who wants to build a function from scratch inside one of the fastest-scaling hardware companies in the country.

Reporting into finance leadership and partnering closely with operations, engineering and supply chain, this person owns the inputs behind the company's most important number, fully landed cost per kWh, and the systems and processes behind it from day one.

Responsibilities

Cost Accounting & Standard Costing

• Own and maintain standard cost methodologies for materials, labor and overhead.
• Own inventory valuation, reserves and capitalization rules for tooling and builds.
• Establish and maintain cost accounting policies and processes in line with US GAAP, including ongoing documentation.

Inventory Systems & Controls

• Lead inventory accounting system and process design, including BOM definitions, routings and item master governance, in partnership with operations and engineering.
• Support physical inventory counts and own related adjustments in the ERP.
• Partner with operations, engineering, supply chain and finance to resolve inventory discrepancies and strengthen internal controls.

Reporting, Variances & Close

• Conduct routine analysis of material and production variances, partnering with operations to identify root causes and recommend improvements.
• Support month-end close through ownership of inventory and related production accounts, ensuring timely, accurate reconciliation.
• Act as an internal educator on inventory and costing rules across the business.

Deployed Asset Accounting

• Support the accounting of deployed hardware systems, including deployments, installations, component swaps and returns.

What You Need

• 7+ years of manufacturing and cost accounting experience, including owning and scaling a standard costing function and managing people and processes.
• Expert knowledge of standard costing, BOMs, routings and inventory accounting.
• Advanced ERP experience, ideally NetSuite.
• Strong variance and root cause analysis experience, comfortable partnering across supply chain, engineering, operations and finance.
• Comfortable building process from a blank slate in a fast-paced, in-person startup environment, not refining one already in place.

What We’d Like to See

• CMA or CPA.
• Exposure to energy, hardware, deeptech, automotive or other complex assemblies.

Compensation

• Location: Austin, TX

At Harmonic, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We actively welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and assure you that every candidate will be thoughtfully considered for the roles we represent, without regard to race, religion, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation.