Sr. Accountant

Description We are looking for an experienced Sr. Accountant to support cost accounting and inventory reporting activities in Gray Court, South Carolina. This role focuses on delivering accurate financial analysis, strengthening inventory controls, and partnering with operational teams to improve cost visibility across the business. The ideal candidate brings strong close-process experience and a solid understanding of reconciliations, valuation methods, and manufacturing-related accounting.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct detailed reviews of standard and actual costs to identify trends, exceptions, and opportunities for improved financial accuracy.

• Evaluate inventory balances and valuation methods to help ensure reliable reporting and alignment with accounting standards.

• Monitor moving average pricing data, investigate discrepancies, and update records to maintain accurate product costing.

• Analyze material, labor, and overhead variances and communicate findings that support better operational and financial decisions.

• Prepare and review cost of goods sold reporting, highlighting key drivers that affect margins and overall performance.

• Assist with month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

• Partner with inventory teams during physical counts and audits by validating records, researching differences, and documenting results.

• Improve cycle count planning and inventory reconciliation processes by comparing system records to physical stock and resolving variances.

• Review slow-moving and obsolete inventory and provide analysis that supports reserve recommendations and inventory management actions.

• Work closely with production, purchasing, and warehouse stakeholders to maintain master data, validate routing and order information, and enhance cost accounting processes. Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

• Manufacturing industry experience

• Cost accounting experience

• Inventory accounting experience

• Advanced Excel skills

• ERP system experience

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience

• Manufacturing costing experience

• Standard costing experience

• Moving average costing experience

• Cycle Count program experience

• Physical inventory audit experience

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