Cost Accountant

The role

You will own the accuracy of product and program costs as the company scales hardware production. You will work at the intersection of Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to value inventory, track WIP, and allocate overhead.

What you will do

• Build and maintain standard costs, bills of materials costing, and routings
• Perform periodic standard cost roll-ups and revaluations
• Own accounting for raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
• Prepare cost-related journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations
• Analyze and explain purchase price, labor, material usage, and overhead variances
• Develop and maintain overhead allocation methodologies and indirect rate pools
• Track costs by program and contract and support estimates-at-completion
• Maintain DCAA-compliant timekeeping and job-costing practices
• Improve cost accounting workflows in the ERP/MRP
• Work with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Engineering to validate BOM accuracy

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or Finance)
• 2-5 years of cost or inventory accounting experience at a hardware, defense, aerospace, automotive, or industrial manufacturing company
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, standard costing, inventory valuation, and overhead absorption
• Familiarity with government contracting cost principles (FAR Part 31, CAS, DCAA) and job/program costing
• Hands-on experience with an ERP/MRP system such as NetSuite, Costpoint, SAP, or similar
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, building cost models)

Nice to have

• CPA, CMA, or progress toward either
• Experience supporting indirect rate development, incurred cost submissions, or DCAA audits
• Exposure to ASC 606 revenue recognition on milestone-based hardware contracts
• Experience in an early-stage or high-growth company where you helped build processes from scratch

Benefits

• Early-stage equity
• Access to company-sponsored benefit plans

Before you apply

• All employees are required to provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. within their first 3 days of work

About the company

Chariot Defense is a defense technology company that designs and manufactures a family of power products for the U.S. military and its allies.