Inventory Accounting Manager

Job Description

About the Role

We’re looking for a highly skilled Inventory Accounting Manager to join our Accounting team. This role plays a key part in strengthening the company’s financial foundation by ensuring accurate inventory recordkeeping, improving accounting processes, and bridging communication between the operations and accounting teams.

You’ll help design, implement, and scale inventory accounting processes that align with the company’s rapid growth and global operations.

What You’ll Do

• Manage monthly close activities related to inventory, including reconciliation of GL to subledgers across all locations and entities, goods in transit, and COGS analysis.
• Maintain standard costs of inventory for all SKUs (domestic and international), including standard purchase prices, freight, and duty components.
• Perform quarterly analysis of FIFO accounting adjustments and validation of purchase price variance (PPV) balances.
• Partner with Product Development and Purchasing teams to develop standard costs for all new purchased SKUs.
• Oversee accounting for all landed costs (freight, duties), analyze variances versus standards, and investigate variance drivers.
• Collaborate with the Inventory Control team on annual physical inventory counts and cycle count processes.
• Analyze inventory aging reports, identify excess or obsolete inventory exposure, maintain reserves, and report on disposals/write-offs.
• Support audit requests by preparing documentation, schedules, and rollforwards.
• Maintain up-to-date process documentation and identify opportunities for automation and efficiency.
• Prepare and present ad-hoc reports to support FP&A and management analyses.

Interested?
Apply now to help strengthen financial accuracy and efficiency for a growing global organization.

Requirements

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• 5+ years of Cost Accounting or Inventory Accounting experience, ideally across both public and private environments.
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, or start-up environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of internal controls over inventory, including physical counts and adjustment reviews.
• Deep knowledge of COGS structures, standard and FIFO costing, landed costs, and variance analysis.
• Experience with ERP systems (Microsoft D365 preferred) and inventory management in a 3PL environment.
• Advanced Excel skills; comfortable building and maintaining financial models.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams and levels.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive problem solver who enjoys improving processes and building scalable systems.

Why You’ll Love This Opportunity

• Be part of a collaborative and mission-driven finance team.
• Play a key role in optimizing accounting operations across a fast-growing business.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for career development and growth.