Cost Accounting Lead

The role

The Cost Accounting Lead will build and scale the cost accounting function and supporting systems. This person will own standard cost methodologies and support accounting efforts related to deployed inventory.

What you will do

• Own and maintain standard cost methodologies for materials, labor and overhead.
• Lead inventory accounting system and process design.
• Establish and maintain cost accounting policies and processes in accordance with US GAAP.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, supply chain, finance and others to resolve inventory discrepancies.
• Own inventory valuation, reserves, and capitalization rules for tooling and builds.
• Conduct routine analysis of material and production variances.
• Support physical inventory counts and own related adjustments in ERP.
• Support month end close through ownership of the inventory and related production accounts.
• Support the accounting of deployed battery systems.
• Serve as an educator to the business of key accounting rules and practices.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing and cost accounting experience.
• Experience owning and scaling a standard costing function and managing people and processes.
• Expert knowledge of standard costing, BOM's, routings, and inventory accounting.
• Advanced ERP experience.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including excel, word, and powerpoint.
• Strong variance and root cause analysis experience.
• Clear communication skills.
• Exposure to energy hardware or other complex assemblies.

Nice to have

• CMA or CPA
• Netsuite
• Experience or desire to operate in a high-growth environment

About the company

Base is America’s next-generation power company rebuilding the foundation of modern civilization by deploying a vast network of distributed batteries. The accounting team builds the financial foundation that makes scaling possible.