Inventory Cost Accounting Manager

Required

• Own inventory and COGS accounting across our 3PL warehouses and manufacturing partners, ensuring accurate inventory valuation and financial reporting.
• Deliver a clean, on-time monthly inventory close and give Finance leadership a clear read on what’s driving COGS and gross margin, including reserves, landed and average costs, and purchase price variances.
• Keep inventory audit-ready and controls tight. Review journal entries and reconciliations, oversee physical counts, support quarterly reviews and the annual audit, and document conclusions on complex transactions.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of accountants, setting clear priorities, reviewing work, and helping the team deliver accurate results on time.
• Improve how inventory accounting gets done. Partner with Operations, Finance, and systems teams to strengthen data accuracy, reduce manual work, and use automation and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to make reconciliations, reporting, and controls more efficient.
• Strong experience in inventory and cost accounting, ideally within a consumer products, retail, manufacturing, or direct-to-consumer business.
• Hands-on knowledge of inventory valuation, COGS, landed costs, reserves, and inventory reconciliations.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and SOX controls in a public company environment.
• Experience leading and developing accountants, with the ability to balance hands-on work and team management.
• Experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems and inventory management applications.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to investigate discrepancies, understand root causes, and explain what’s moving the numbers to the Controller, FP&A, and Operations partners.
• A track record of improving accounting processes through better systems, automation, and data-driven workflows.