Interim Inventory Accounting Manager (Contract)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and supervise the Cost Accountant, including reviewing work, setting priorities, and providing guidance.
- Oversee inventory and cost accounting, including item costing, inventory transfers, adjustments, and BOM/production activity.
- Manage cycle counts and physical inventory across multiple branches and warehouse locations.
- Investigate inventory discrepancies, negative inventory, costing issues, and operational variances.
- Review inventory adjustments and transactions for accuracy, proper documentation, and approval.
- Partner with Accounting during month-end close to reconcile inventory to the General Ledger.
- Review inventory valuation and analyze slow-moving, excess, and obsolete inventory.
- Support inventory reserves, write-offs, year-end physical counts, and external audit requests.
- Develop inventory reporting and KPIs and recommend improvements to inventory processes and controls.
- Partner with Operations, Purchasing, Production, and branch teams to maintain accurate inventory records.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Supply Chain, or related field preferred.
- 5+ years of cost accounting, inventory accounting, manufacturing, distribution, or related experience.
- Strong knowledge of inventory accounting, standard costing, cycle counts, physical inventory, BOMs, inventory valuation, and variance analysis.
- Multi-location or multi-warehouse inventory experience strongly preferred.
- Sage ERP experience or comparable ERP experience preferred.
- Strong Excel, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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