Director, Accounting – Manufacturing

The role

The Director of Accounting will own accounting, cost accounting and financial reporting for the manufacturing business. This person will lead a multi-site team of 8+ and act as the accounting partner to Manufacturing leadership.

What you will do

• Lead, build and develop a team of 8+ across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Act as the primary finance partner to manufacturing leadership.
• Drive financial accountability across operations by setting cost targets and tracking performance.
• Advise executive leadership on product and program margins and cost-reduction opportunities.
• Own the cost accounting framework, including standard cost methodology and labor rates.
• Set and oversee inventory accounting policy and physical inventory programs.
• Lead analysis of manufacturing variances, yield and productivity.
• Own new-product and new-program cost estimates and margin modeling.
• Be accountable for a timely, accurate month-end close for the manufacturing entity.
• Ensure US GAAP compliance and own the manufacturing control environment.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• CPA or CMA required.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• 5+ years in manufacturing or cost accounting.
• 3+ years leading teams (including managers).
• Proven ownership of standard costing, inventory valuation and variance analysis in a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Deep experience with ERP manufacturing modules (BOMs, routings, job and work-order costing).
• Experience with complex inventory, such as WIP, engineered-to-order or high-value long-lead components.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• High operational credibility: comfortable on the factory floor and able to influence senior operations and engineering leaders.
• Track record of scaling teams, processes and systems in a high-growth environment.

Nice to have

• ERP implementation experience is a plus.
• SOX, public-company or Big 4 experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. The company uses an energy-first approach to solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.