Senior Inventory Control & Costing Specialist

Vaco by Highspring; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) seeks a Senior Inventory Controller with 15-20+ years of hands-on inventory experience to own accounting, costing, reconciliation, valuation, and reporting. You will drive discrepancies across Finance, Purchasing, Operations, and Warehousing, lead cycle counts, and ensure accuracy from SKU level to the general ledger.

This role requires strong analytical skills, advanced Excel, and solid ERP experience, with BlueCherry preferred.

Qualifications

• 15-20+ years of inventory accounting/control experience.
• Strong expertise in inventory costing, valuation, PPV, and reconciliations.
• Deep understanding of inventory's impact on COGS and gross margin.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets.
• Strong ERP experience; BlueCherry highly preferred.
• Experience with physical inventories, cycle counts, and external audits.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory accuracy, controls, reconciliation, and valuation.
• Perform book-to-physical reconciliations down to the SKU/item level.
• Analyze inventory discrepancies and identify root causes.
• Manage inventory costing, standard vs. actual costs, PPV, reserves, and COGS.
• Own PPV reporting and investigate significant variances.
• Lead physical inventory counts and cycle-count programs.
• Reconcile inventory subledger activity to the general ledger.
• Support month-end close and external audits.
• Develop inventory reporting and identify trends, anomalies, and control issues.
• Partner with Purchasing, Operations, Warehouse, AP, and Finance to resolve issues.
• Challenge inaccurate or unexplained inventory balances and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Inventory accounting

Reconciliations

Costing / PPV

Excel (advanced)

ERP experience

Month-end close

Audit support

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

BlueCherry

Job description

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) seeks a Senior Inventory Controller with 15-20+ years of hands-on inventory experience to own accounting, costing, reconciliation, valuation, and reporting. You will drive discrepancies across Finance, Purchasing, Operations, and Warehousing, lead cycle counts, and ensure accuracy from SKU level to the general ledger.

This role requires strong analytical skills, advanced Excel, and solid ERP experience, with BlueCherry preferred.