If you were a Manager, Inventory Accounting now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Building out and leading a team to support and service evolving inventory accounting business needs and growth
• Identifying and leading the implementation of the inventory accounting function; determining strategic areas of focus and growth initiatives
• Creating and completing periodic key inventory account reconciliations 
• Posting and verifying recurring accruals
• Assessing the accuracy of inventory provisions and creating relevant adjustments
• Creating and implementing processes to identify discontinued items and present impairment values to be recorded
• Partnering with the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team to analyze standard cost vs actuals, assessing reasonability
• Working with business partners to ensure accuracy of standard cost components
• Collaborating with the Internal Auditor to build controls in the End-to-End (E2E) inventory process, from receiving through to shipment of inventory
• Creating and running regular inventory reports to reconcile balances at all warehouse facilities, across systems and entities
• Building a process with the Finance Systems team to ensure accurate reporting of intercompany inventory transfers
• Validating Inventory GLs and their associated transactions; ensuring accurate postings, identifying unusual activity, and monitoring trend analysis

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Developing new key inventory tracking metrics within enterprise performance software

Are you our next Manager, Inventory Accounting?

• You have a CPA, or the equivalent
• You have 5+ years’ of accounting, or relevant related experience
• You have a proven track record in developing and leading the execution of a multi-year business strategy
• You are familiar with taking ownership of an evolving function, and serving the reporting needs of evolving business channels
• You are an influential leader; possessing high emotional intelligence, with the ability to drive alignment across diverse cross-functional groups at all levels of the business
• You have entrepreneurial drive and creativity along with strong business, analytical, finance, and commercial acumen
• You have a solid understanding of inventory concepts, processes and operational flows
• You understand financial accounting systems and processes
• You have strong written and oral communication
• You have a positive, proactive attitude, and possess an eagerness to learn
• You have initiative to work on projects and navigate new territory within the business   
• You can work as part of a team, excellent interpersonal skills
• You are resilient in dealing with ambiguity and imperfect information
• You have a proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a timely manner
• You have an organized way of working and strong attention to details
• You have good analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to think critically