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Senior Inventory Accountant
Calling all Senior Inventory Accountants!! Our client, a growing manufacturing and operations-based company located in the Raleigh, NC area, needs a highly analytical and detail-oriented Senior Inventory Accountant to join their accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced inventory accounting professional to take ownership of complex inventory processes in a dynamic, multi-location environment.
While working as the Senior Inventory Accountant, you will work closely with Accounting, Operations, and Plant leadership to ensure accurate inventory valuation, costing, and reporting, with responsibilities including:
- Overseeing finished goods inventory processes, including item master setup and ongoing maintenance
- Reconciliations of physical-to-book inventory, including volumetric and drone-based measurement data
- Calculating and posting inventory adjustments based on physical counts, analytics, and operational inputs
- Partnering with operations teams to ensure accurate stockpile measurements and costing assumptions
- Developing and maintaining standard costing models and analyzing cost variances and changes
- Monitoring raw material usage, yield, and shrinkage; investigating and resolving inventory variances
- Performing monthly inventory reconciliations and resolving discrepancies across multiple locations
- Overseeing accounting and control of parts and supplies across plants, shops, and maintenance facilities
- Maintaining accurate inventory classification between inventory and expense accounts by location
- Implementing and managing cycle count programs to ensure ongoing inventory accuracy
- Reconciling inventory subledger to the general ledger and ensuring data integrity across systems
- Analyzing usage trends, slow-moving or obsolete inventory, and recommending reserves or write-offs
- Maintaining item master data, including costing, units of measure, and proper categorization
This is a high-impact opportunity with a company that values accuracy, operational insight, and continuous improvement. The accounting and operations teams are highly collaborative and focused on strengthening inventory controls, enhancing costing accuracy, and leveraging data-driven tools to improve visibility and decision-making.
To be considered for this specific position, you would need to have:
- 5+ years of accounting experience with a strong focus on inventory accounting or cost accounting
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Experience with standard costing, inventory valuation, and variance analysis
- Strong understanding of physical inventory processes and cycle counts
- ERP system experience required (large-scale or multi-location environment preferred)
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data analysis and reconciliation functions
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Ability to partner effectively with both accounting and operational teams
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
Please apply! We offer exceptional benefits; we call you back and we have many more positions coming in every day. Tell your friends!
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