Senior Inventory Cost Accountant: Lead Costing & Close

Mas Hvac, Inc.; Dayton (MN); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, vision, and dental plans

Short-term and long-term disability

Group term life insurance

HSA, FSA and Dependent Care plans

8 holidays + 4 floating holidays + PTO

401k matching

Safety shoe allowance

Education assistance program

Zusammenfassung

Gradian is seeking a Senior Inventory Cost Accountant to lead inventory costing, standard costing maintenance, and variance analysis. You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance to improve cost visibility and drive timely close across multi-site operations.

The role emphasizes strong GAAP knowledge, Excel proficiency, and process improvements, with a focus on accuracy, controls, and actionable insights for management.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including at least three years in inventory, cost, or manufacturing accounting.
• Strong knowledge of inventory valuation, standard costing, variance analysis, reconciliations, and period-end close.
• Familiarity with multi-site operations and landed cost.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal control principles.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and large-data analysis.
• Experience using an ERP system and working with cross-functional operational data.
• Demonstrated ability to investigate complex issues, reconcile large data sets, and communicate conclusions clearly.
• Strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and the ability to meet deadlines.

Aufgaben

• Own inventory accounting activities, including valuation, reconciliations, reserves, obsolescence, and cycle-count adjustments.
• Maintain and review standard costs, bills of material, routings, overhead rates, and related master data.
• Analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, overhead, and other manufacturing variances; communicate root causes and recommended actions.
• Lead inventory and cost accounting workstreams during monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, and FP&A to improve cost visibility and decision support.
• Support physical inventories and cycle-count programs, investigate discrepancies, and monitor corrective actions.
• Prepare inventory reserve analyses and recommendations in accordance with company policy and applicable accounting standards.
• Maintain effective internal controls and documentation; support internal and external audit requests.
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and stronger data controls across inventory and costing processes.
• Provide technical guidance and peer review for accounting team members and contribute to special projects as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Analytical rigor

Multi-site operations

GAAP knowledge

Excel skills

Issue investigation

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

ERP systems

NetSuite

QuickBooks

BI tools

SQL

Jobbeschreibung

Gradian is seeking a Senior Inventory Cost Accountant to lead inventory costing, standard costing maintenance, and variance analysis. You will partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance to improve cost visibility and drive timely close across multi-site operations.

The role emphasizes strong GAAP knowledge, Excel proficiency, and process improvements, with a focus on accuracy, controls, and actionable insights for management.