Accounting Lead, Hardware

The role

This person will build and scale inventory accounting capabilities for consumer hardware and robotics businesses. They will partner with cross-functional teams to establish scalable processes, reporting infrastructure, and controls.

What you will do

• Lead inventory and supply chain accounting across consumer hardware and robotics programs.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, and Strategic Finance to support BOM accuracy and margin analysis.
• Develop scalable accounting processes for NPI, prototyping, engineering builds, and mass production.
• Own inventory-related accounting policies and controls.
• Serve as a finance lead for Oracle Fusion manufacturing costing and inventory implementations.
• Partner with Systems, IT, and Operations to design scalable finance processes and workflows.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual cost accounting close activities.
• Partner with Strategic Finance on margin reporting and inventory analytics.
• Establish SOX-ready controls and support audits.
• Act as a strategic partner to Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Program Management teams.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with ownership of complex accounting areas, close processes, or operational accounting.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated ability to research unfamiliar accounting topics and apply sound judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new business models, systems, and operational processes and take ownership of unfamiliar accounting areas.
• Experience building or improving accounting processes, reconciliations, controls, and reporting.
• Strong systems aptitude and experience working with ERP systems and financial data.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and cross-functional partnership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and execute effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Nice to have

• Inventory, cost, manufacturing, or supply chain accounting, including inventory valuation, standard costing, manufacturing variances, overhead allocation, rebates and buy/sell etc.
• Accounting supporting hardware, infrastructure, data centers, electronics, robotics, semiconductors, or other capital-intensive operations.
• Work with contract manufacturers, global supply chains, hardware product launches, or manufacturing scale-up.
• Oracle Fusion, particularly Costing and Inventory modules, or comparable ERP implementation and process improvement experience.
• CPA and/or public accounting background.
• Experience in a high-growth technology environment or building and leading accounting teams.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance to new employees

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through their products.