Senior Cost Accountant

The role

This person will maintain accurate product cost data and support the financial close. They will partner with cross-functional teams to drive operational and financial performance as the company scales hardware manufacturing.

What you will do

• Analyze and report purchase price variance, manufacturing variance, and overhead absorption variance
• Maintain bill of materials and routing accuracy within the ERP system
• Own inventory valuation and reconciliation across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
• Coordinate and lead periodic physical inventory counts and cycle counts
• Monitor and account for inventory reserves
• Reconcile inventory balances monthly
• Support ERP enhancements, process improvements, and system implementations
• Manage full-cycle consignment accounting for customer-held and supplier-held inventory
• Co-manage the close process including preparation and posting of journal entries
• Prepare monthly management reports covering gross margin, cost trends, and variance explanations

Required qualifications

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and accruals
• Minimum 3-5 years hands-on experience with contract manufacturing and consignment inventory accounting in a manufacturing or hardware environment
• Experience running the accounting close process and managing expectations, communications and deadlines
• Experience with month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and flux/variance analysis
• Direct experience with inventory accounting and the associated controls and reconciliation processes
• Recent proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, with intermediate to advanced Excel skills
• Proficiency with NetSuite
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships and communicate financial concepts clearly to non-finance partners
• Agile, adaptable, and a fast learner
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proactive, self-motivated, takes initiative and ability to work with little supervision
• Team player with a positive attitude

Nice to have

• Experience with FloQast or Blackline and Boomi
• Progressive cost accounting experience in a manufacturing or hardware environment
• Public accounting experience
• CPA

Benefits

• Competitive compensation + equity grants
• 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision
• Options for additional coverage
• Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility
• Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
• Employee Resource Groups
• Monthly social events
• SPANcakes recognition breakfast
• Lunch, and learns
• Flexible hours
• One holiday per month
• Flexible time off

About the company

Span is a mission-driven company designing, building, and deploying products that electrify the built environment, reduce carbon emissions, and slow the effects of climate change. The company is headquartered in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood.