Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Requirements

• BS in Accounting or Finance required; CPA/CMA a plus
• Minimum 4 years experience in general accounting: cash and investments, prepaid assets, Fixed assets, accruals
• Inventory management and reporting experience
• Understanding of Supply Chain and Cost Accounting – preferably in a manufacturing or laboratory environment
• Comfortable working with and analyzing large data sets, and summarizing results in a meaningful way for non-financial stakeholders
• Successful track record of effectively interfacing with supply chain, research, and manufacturing personnel to identify, support, and execute on value-added ideas to improve processes
• Proven ability to solve complex problems and influence cross functionally
• Experience with designing, implementing and monitoring internal controls
• Experience in analyzing and reporting causes of manufacturing variances and recommending corrective actions
• Attention to detail and strong analytical skills is a must
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-financial stakeholders and identify meaningful trends in financial data that impact business and operational decisions
• Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills and related tools

Responsibilities

• Perform month end close accounting responsibilities related to inventory and cost of goods sold including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and other analyses such as cost variance reports
• Analyze and report on inventory levels, gross margins, manufacturing spend, absorption, standard cost variances, E&O, reserves, and other standard costing concepts
• Manage inventory using a standard costing method and ensuring compliance with US GAAP
• Help to identify, perform and drive process improvement opportunities in the month end close process
• Play a hands-on role in the day-to-day accounting operations and work closely with cross-functional groups to develop and maintain processes, procedures and policies
• Help to prepare, consolidate, review and present cost analyses and KPIs on a monthly basis to finance and operations leadership teams
• Work with the Accounting Manager to improve processes and policies
• Conduct physical count of inventory and monitor cycle count program
• Support quarterly and annual audits by the external auditors
• Participate in the maintenance of the internal financial control environment ensuring data integrity, accurate financial statements and safeguarding company assets
• Support / drive ad-hoc process improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with NetSuite, SmartView Planning, Tableau and / or Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides), preferred
• Experience working at a laboratory, a plus