• 7+ years in cost, inventory, or manufacturing accounting, including hardware, medical device, electronics, or another inventory-intensive product environment.
• Hands-on ownership of landed cost, inventory valuation, and the inventory close, ideally where manufacturing was outsourced and stock was held by third parties.
• Hands-on ownership of accounts payable operations, including vendor master controls, three-way match, payment runs, and the AP close.
• Experience supporting external audit testing of inventory valuation and reserves under US GAAP, and the ability to explain how you defended a position.
• Comfort owning ambiguous, cross-system reconciliations, advanced Excel, and the ability to present a conclusion to Finance leadership and hold it under questioning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA, CMA, or equivalent preferred.
• Nice to have: NetSuite, customs and import exposure, 3PL or e-commerce operations, AP automation platforms, SOX, and experience building processes from a low baseline in a high-growth or pre-IPO company