Published: Oct 10, 2025 - The Inventory Accountant ensures timely vendor payments and accurate inventory adjustments to optimize financial performance. This role supports fixed asset management, monthly reconciliations, and the preparation of cost reports for internal review and external audits. The accountant also involves conducting cost analyses, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and assisting with month-end close and inventory corrections.

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1. Inventory Accountant, Sun Valley Foods, Fresno, CA
Job Summary:
- Perform various GL month-end close activities
- Preparing, reviewing and analyzing all inventory and cost of goods sold related entries to the ledger and financial statements to provide accurate inventory valuation and reporting
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Operations, and FP&A to ensure efficient and effective flow of information
- Provide technical support and advice on accounting items directly affected by inventory-related transactions
- Reconcile WIP items and generate necessary journal entries to support the analysis to ensure proper classification on the balance sheet
- Assist in establishing, implementing and documenting new policies and procedures related to inventory and cost of goods sold processes
- Analyze quarterly inventory obsolescence and warranty reserves
- Coordination with stakeholders and making recommendations on provision balance and process changes
- Perform monthly procedures related to contract fulfillment costs, purchase price variances
- Perform other special projects and ad hoc accounting analyses related to Inventory and COGS fluctuations
- Prepare schedules and analysis for the external audit
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Reconciliation Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Technical Expertise (Hard Skills)
- Policy Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
2. Inventory Accountant, Blue Ridge Plastics, Asheville, NC
Job Summary:
- Responsible for adherence to company policies including safety and the use of personal protective equipment
- Maintain standard costs in Dynamics AX and the pricing model
- Responsible for maintaining the item master and the bill of materials in Dynamics AX
- Monitor manufacturing and inventory cost variances, report on variances and work with other departments to determine root causes and responses
- Provide cost information related to changes to existing products and product development
- Monitor production reporting for accuracy
- Plan, oversee and report results of monthly physical inventory counts for both finished goods and raw materials
- Make a necessary inventory and cycle count adjustments after thorough research
- Ensure all inventory is recorded and reconciled between warehouses
- Assist the accounting department with the month-end closing process
- Support process improvement of the position's functional areas including internal controls and Dynamics AX
- Assist in special projects and compliance reporting
Skills on Resume:
- Cost Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- System Management (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Departmental Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Policy Compliance (Soft Skills)
- Cycle Counting (Hard Skills)
3. Inventory Accountant, Prairie Tool Works, Lincoln, NE
Job Summary:
- Perform or review financial month-end close-off procedures for inventory (including IFRS adjustments) and processing of corresponding journal entries
- Preparation of income statements and other reporting documents included in the monthly management accounts pack
- Review of monthly reconciliations (inventory, lay-buys, etc.)
- Analysing monthly inventory accounts
- Calculating stock turn and other stock-related ratios
- Liaise with auditors and other relevant stakeholders surrounding interim and year-end stock takes at the various distribution centres (DCs) and stores
- Liaise with internal and external auditors
- Investigate store and DC inventory queries and assist in resolving them
- Manage the store stock take function with the team reporting to this role
- Facilitate the Supply Chain Department’s annual budget, quarterly forecasts and 3-year plan
- Review ageing of transporter claims, manage the team in resolving any discrepancies and prepare the necessary journal entries
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Budget Planning (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
4. Inventory Accountant, Coastal Supply Chain, Savannah, GA
Job Summary:
- Develop or improve physical inventory counting procedures
- Investigate discrepancies between physical counts and the General Ledger system
- Investigate discrepancies between POS reports and the General Ledger system
- Investigate/verify reasons for Inventory Adjustments posted in the General Ledger
- Compiling inventory balance and cost reports
- Compiling information on the receipt or transfer of material
- Reconciling Intra / Intercompany Transfers
- Verify account discrepancies by investigating information
- Maintain a database of compliance/tax documentation for wholesale customers
- Enter expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports
- Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions
- Complete month-end reconciliation of assigned Balance Sheet accounts
- Prepare Inventory roll-forwards each month -sub-ledger to General Ledger
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Discrepancy Investigation (Hard Skills)
- Ledger Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Data Compilation (Hard Skills)
- Transfer Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Compliance Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Expense Posting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
5. Inventory Accountant, Delta Steel Fabrication, Jackson, MS
Job Summary:
- Maintain updated and accurate records of inventory daily, including all quantity adjustments
- Developing inventory analysis reports and analyzing variances
- Packing slip information entry and verification
- Generate invoices and process sales orders
- Communicate with other team members about updates and reports
- Monitor open POs and payments in the QuickBooks ERP system
- Manage customer returns (RMA)
- Diagnose the cause of the inventory variance
- Lead physical inventory counts
- Ensure accuracy of all QuickBooks transactions
- Maintain all payment records
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Records (Hard Skills)
- Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Invoice Processing (Hard Skills)
- Sales Orders (Hard Skills)
- Team Communication (Soft Skills)
- ERP Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Return Management (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Counts (Hard Skills)
6. Inventory Accountant, Fox Manufacturing Group, Springfield, MO
Job Summary:
- Review of historical inventory data
- Work with the warehouse on inventory levels and current orders
- Review of current orders and match to NetSuite
- Work with previous and current cycle counts to find gaps, improve the process
- Assist the inventory team with daily cycle counts
- Enter inventory cycle counts results in the ERP system and review/report on the results
- Ensure cycle counts are recorded correctly and promptly
- Compile, analyze and interpret inventory transactions for Root Cause analysis
- Entering new products into the Company database for several large distribution centers
- Updating current product changes (i.e., name, description)
- Updating and maintaining pricing matrices
- Assisting with month-end cycle counts and inventory analysis
- File maintenance within the Company database
Skills on Resume:
- Data Review (Hard Skills)
- Order Matching (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Count Analysis (Hard Skills)
- ERP Entry (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Product Setup (Hard Skills)
- Pricing Updates (Hard Skills)
- Database Maintenance (Hard Skills)
7. Inventory Accountant, Cedar Beverage Company, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Accurately coding/verifying/entering and processing invoices for payment
- Apply freight, duty, and brokerage to the cost of items purchased
- Perform various financial, administrative, and clerical services to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of accounts receivable
- Communicate with customers (via phone calls and/or written) professionally to encourage payment of delinquent accounts
- Accurately code/verify/enter and process company credit card and out-of-pocket expenses
- Assist in maintaining the filing system
- Receive/respond to vendor inquiries
- Verify credit memo processing for customers or suppliers
- Attend sales/department meetings to provide procedural updates and receive feedback
- Communicate with managers and vendors to obtain W-9 forms, and maintain the W-9 file
Skills on Resume:
- Invoice Processing (Hard Skills)
- Cost Allocation (Hard Skills)
- AR Management (Hard Skills)
- Customer Communication (Soft Skills)
- Expense Coding (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Support (Soft Skills)
- Credit Verification (Hard Skills)
- Meeting Participation (Soft Skills)
8. Inventory Accountant, Ironwood Components, Billings, MT
Job Summary:
- Perform detailed analysis on inventory costs to assist in the development of standard costs and understanding of inventory variances
- Maintain and update standard costs for purchased and manufactured items and products
- Prepare and post monthly cost accounting journal entries for freight in inventory, excess/obsolescence, inventory revaluation, goods-in-transit, and other manual inventory adjustments
- Make necessary inventory and cycle count adjustments reported by the plant and engineering and after thorough research
- Perform accounting activities for monthly, quarterly, and year-end closings
- Perform variance analysis, reporting, and month-end reconciliations for inventory-related general ledger accounts
- Packing slip information entry and verification
- Troubleshoot discrepancies between stock and general ledger values
- Support Operations with the scheduling and witnessing of cycle counts to verify inventory
- Maintain open invoice value for purposes of cash flow
Skills on Resume:
- Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Standard Costing (Hard Skills)
- Journal Entries (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Adjustments (Hard Skills)
- Period Closing (Hard Skills)
- Variance Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Slip Verification (Hard Skills)
- Discrepancy Resolution (Hard Skills)
9. Inventory Accountant, Northern AgriTech, Fargo, ND
Job Summary:
- Operate as a change agent to assist in the development of inventory procedures
- Assist in the development of training inventory staff for proper procedures in tracking software
- Assisting in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory
- Coordinate physical inventory counts and cycle counts (reconciliation)
- Investigate cycle counting variances and resolve issues
- Monitoring inventory transactions
- Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger
- Preparing monthly journal entries
- Work with Materials to locate and disposition excess/obsolete inventory
- Ensuring that goods received are matched with the actual invoices from suppliers
- Track and reconcile fixed assets, calculate depreciation monthly
- Report on periodic variances and their causes
- Provide input in the company’s cash forecast
- Track the budget versus actual expenses within several cost categories
- Participate in the financial statement audit
- Inventory validation for vendor-owned parts and PBH programs (maintenance contracts/lease)
Skills on Resume:
- Procedure Development (Hard Skills)
- Staff Training (Soft Skills)
- Internal Controls (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Counting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Variance Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Asset Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Cash Forecasting (Hard Skills)
10. Inventory Accountant, Lakeside Equipment Co., Erie, PA
Job Summary:
- Prepare and post journal entries
- Prepare P&L variance analysis for assigned areas
- Performs appropriate research to understand and apply Company policies in relation to inventory setup and movement (physical and in the ERP system)
- Maintains effective controls over inventory balances and transactions
- Perform validation of cyclical and year-end inventory counts for all warehouses, internal and third-party
- Analyze and resolve significant variances in inventory levels against the general ledger
- Responsible for the maintenance of the inventory subledger and financial close activities related to inventory and non-deployed assets, including the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations
- Work with the fixed asset accountant on asset movements every month
- Provide support for inquiries and data requests from sales, operations, and warehouse personnel
- Coordinates with internal and external auditors with respect to inventory and non-deployed warehoused assets including preparing audit schedules, controls testing, and answering questions
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Posting (Hard Skills)
- Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Policy Application (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Count Validation (Hard Skills)
- Subledger Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Asset Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
11. Inventory Accountant, Mesa Materials, Mesa, AZ
Job Summary:
- Perform daily inventory accounting processing tasks based on identified RACI for transactional processing and accounting activities such as inventory closing, various inventory-related reconciliation, L&O calculation, preparation of the appropriate offsetting entries and appropriate documentation
- Understand hand-offs between individuals/systems and interfaces
- Handle basic general enquiries from business users
- Work closely with local market finance to ensure proper inventory accounting records and controls (e.g., adjustments after cycle count/stock take)
- Practise CHANEL’s internal controls (manual and automated) at the transactional level
- Escalate inappropriate behaviour/activities (e.g., professional/ethical misconduct, non-compliance with policies)
- Assist the Inventory Finance manager in driving process efficiency and trade working capital improvement
- Use system outputs to meet basic job requirements and apply basic tests for reasonability and accuracy
- Articulate system issues clearly to subject matter experts to ensure solutions can be identified and implemented
- Comfortable with learning new system tools and able to adopt technological tools in business processes to meet job requirements
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Processing (Hard Skills)
- System Navigation (Hard Skills)
- User Support (Soft Skills)
- Control Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
- Process Efficiency (Soft Skills)
- Data Validation (Hard Skills)
- Tech Adaptability (Soft Skills)
12. Inventory Accountant, Sierra Tooling Solutions, Reno, NV
Job Summary:
- Monitor inventory levels, including reported results from inventory count procedures
- Analyze the margin with emphasis on the cost of goods sold reporting
- Assists with monthly consolidations of financial results to ensure timely and accurate reports
- Prepares journal entries, monthly account reconciliations, and other monthly financial statements
- Assists in the year-end preparation of audit schedules
- Analyzes consolidation procedures to identify best practices
- Determines and creates the required project deliverables
- Assists leadership in the implementation and roll-outs of large-scale projects and carries out other special projects
- Collaborates with team members and communicates relevant information to the direct leader
- Upholds the security and confidentiality of documents and data within the area of responsibility
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Margin Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Financial Consolidation (Hard Skills)
- Journal Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data Confidentiality (Soft Skills)
13. Inventory Accountant, Red River Industries, Shreveport, LA
Job Summary:
- Recording monthly journal entries for cost of sales, sales, inventory shrinkage, and accruals
- Prepare and maintain reconciliations for various accounts
- Prepare and present monthly reporting and analysis to management
- Perform shrink analysis and reporting for store physical inventories
- Assist with analysis of actual results and trends compared to forecast/budget
- Back-up for other retail accounting processes
- Provide weekly reconciliation reports for inventory at all warehouses and other locations within the ERP system (finished goods and raw material)
- Investigate and identify all variance at the item level promptly
- Ensure inventory integrity within the ERP system
- Manage the standard cost in the ERP system
- Cross-functional inventory responsibilities with Finance and Planning/ Operations
- Run month-end reports from the ERP system relating to inventory on hand and in transit
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Recording (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Shrink Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Variance Identification (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Integrity (Hard Skills)
- Cost Management (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Coordination (Soft Skills)
- ERP Reporting (Hard Skills)
14. Inventory Accountant, Lone Star Parts Co., Amarillo, TX
Job Summary:
- Captures data from production reporting and accounting records to track and record the cost of inventory and the cost of goods sold
- Analyzes data obtained and records results in spreadsheets and journal entries
- Provides management with reports specifying and comparing factors impacting prices and profitability of products or services
- Records accounting entries to reflect inventory and cost activity and accruals
- Completes daily operating reports for management
- Reviews and processes material and transportation invoices
- Resolves issues with vendors
- Recommends and assists in the implementation of improvements to accounting and processing systems
- Reconciles inventory and other accounts according to corporate guidelines
Skills on Resume:
- Cost Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Profitability Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Accounting Entries (Hard Skills)
- Invoice Processing (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Resolution (Soft Skills)
- System Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
15. Inventory Accountant, Mountain View Fixtures, Provo, UT
Job Summary:
- Organizing, calculating, and entering inventory-related transactions (ex., inventory invoices and associated landed cost invoices) into the accounting system daily
- Utilizing a 3-way match, improving the entry/match process, to expanding the use of automation
- Working closely and collaboratively with the Inventory Planning team and DC team to resolve issues and discrepancies about purchase orders, receipts, invoices, landed costs, adjustments, etc.
- Analyze, maintain, and reconcile inventory balances and transactions
- Review and reconciliation of inventory transfers and adjustments throughout the month
- Tracking, reporting, and resolving any inventory-related errors or discrepancies
- Performing monthly reconciliation between WMS and the general ledger, leveraging system capabilities to improve the process
- Assist in streamlining the monthly close process, as it pertains to inventory transactions
- Support year-end audit preparation and analysis
Skills on Resume:
- Transaction Entry (Hard Skills)
- 3-Way Matching (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Transfer Review (Hard Skills)
- Error Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Close Process Support (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
16. Inventory Accountant, Gulf South Distributors, Mobile, AL
Job Summary:
- Liaise with cross-functional counterparts in distribution centers and supply chain functions
- Design, implement and maintain policies and processes for new or existing transaction streams
- Manage all transactions involving inventory to ensure the perpetual inventory records are kept
- Assess and report financial and physical inventory results and reconcile variances
- Handle the reconciliation between the Inventory Stock Ledger and the General Ledger
- Complete the month-end close and ensure the close process is completed smoothly and accurately
- Produce various audit and financial statement schedules and required ad hoc analyses
- Aid in creating, monitoring, and reporting KPIs for all aspects of inventory and cost accounting
- Review external documents for Duties, Freight, Finished Goods, and Miscellaneous invoices
- Pinpoint key areas for improvement and implement processes to increase efficiency
Skills on Resume:
- Cross-Functional Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Policy Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Variance Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- Audit Reporting (Hard Skills)
- KPI Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
17. Inventory Accountant, Capital Plastics Inc., Helena, MT
Job Summary:
- Maintain the accuracy of inventory records and ensure that all inventory reporting requirements are satisfied
- Team up with Operations to review inventory to ensure appropriate accounting, location, reserve, and counts
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, inventory counts, etc.
- Collaborate with the Finance team to resolve inventory discrepancies
- Complete month-end journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and analyzing variances
- Perform standard cost review and work closely with Operations to justify standard cost changes
- Provide impact analysis for review and approval
- Partner with the Operations and Strategic Finance teams on inventory costing processes and inputs
- Maintain the Inventory data master and assist in the roll-out of new inventory items, a key contributor in all project-related to inventory
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Closing Activities (Hard Skills)
- Discrepancy Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Journal Entries (Hard Skills)
- Cost Review (Hard Skills)
- Impact Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Data Maintenance (Hard Skills)
18. Inventory Accountant, Evergreen Supply Group, Eugene, OR
Job Summary:
- Record and report all incoming and outgoing inventory, research, resolve, and record errors or discrepancies
- Collaborate with production managers to track and analyze trends
- Coordinate and support Cycle Counters to ensure accuracy of inventory counts and reporting of rotating and complete inventory
- Communicate with business partners and complete reconciliations weekly of off-site inventory
- Prepare and review any month-end journal entries related to inventory
- Prepare account reconciliations at month-end close
- Assist with monthly and annual closing activities, variance reports, and audits
- Direct quarterly physical inventory, analyze and forecast trends
- Reconciling retail store inventories across stores
- Assist in month-end closing procedures related to retail inventories
- Perform store gross margin analysis
- Process certain manual inventory transfer transactions in the inventory system
- Prepare finance reports and spreadsheets
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Trend Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Counting (Hard Skills)
- Partner Communication (Soft Skills)
- Journal Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Margin Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
19. Inventory Accountant, Sandstone Instruments, Rapid City, SD
Job Summary:
- Contribute to the completion of project milestones and organize own work to meet project task deadlines
- Identify issues proactively and communicate with the manager, along with the potential range of solutions
- Prepare financial and accounting analysis completely and accurately
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date Work Instructions, Job Aids and Desktop Procedures documentation
- Collaborate with stakeholders and colleagues of diverse backgrounds, including different departments, cultures, business units and countries
- Lead select activities involving the month-end close, take initiative to understand complex problems and consistently meet deadlines with little to no assistance
- Lead the implementation of continuous improvement projects
- Engage directly with business partners on routine activities and deliverables
- Work independently to produce standard and regular reports for the operation
- Assist in providing key support for internal and external related audit activities, including the timely and accurate delivery of audit requests
- Prepare complete and accurate standard operating procedures and Sarbanes-Oxley-related internal control documentation involving new activities and/or process changes
Skills on Resume:
- Project Management (Soft Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Close Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
20. Inventory Accountant, Great Plains Warehousing, Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Complete month-end close processes for all inventory-related components of companies within a five-day deadline
- Research, review, approve, and submit entries to be posted in Oracle (ERP)
- Complete reconciliations on all balance sheet accounts to a fully reconciled status
- Review the profit and loss of the remarketing program for anomalies or errors
- Assist with timely payment to inventory-related vendors across all sales program types (purchased, commission, gain-share)
- Performs physical inventories at various company locations and reconciles timely to the company subledger
- Assist with the preparation of schedules for the annual financial statement audit
- Participate in system maintenance and upgrades
- Assists with the annual and interim budgets and related items
- Works directly with the Remarketing sales team to ensure timely adjustments in Oracle to reflect accurate inventory counts and locations
- Perform ad hoc inventory analysis for management
- Create and maintain accurate standard operating procedures
Skills on Resume:
- Close Processes (Hard Skills)
- Entry Submission (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Error Review (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Payment (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Audits (Hard Skills)
- System Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- SOP Creation (Hard Skills)
21. Inventory Accountant, Timberline Goods Inc., Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Participate in the monthly analysis of inventory reserves for the entity
- Process Inventory month-end journal reconciliations, review and report results
- Analyze month-end reports for variances to forecast/budget,
- Researching large discrepancies to proactively address the revision of the overall plan
- Become a trusted partner to leadership in Supply Chain, Outlet, Retail, and Merchant divisions, representing their business processes in Financial planning
- Analyze Inventory reserves and Inventory shrink entries to ensure compliance with company policies and best practices
- Provide Finance leadership for cycle count and physical inventories of RH Retail, Home Delivery, and Distribution Centers
- Recognize financial accounting risks and recommend controls to mitigate risks
- Collaborate with outside auditors during quarterly reviews and annual SOX audits
- Providing guidance to executive leadership on process and policy
Skills on Resume:
- Reserve Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Journal Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Variance Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Discrepancy Research (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Partnership (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Review (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Soft Skills)
22. Inventory Accountant, Atlantic Materials Group, Charleston, SC
Job Summary:
- Oversee all inventory matters relating to policy and procedures
- Collaborating with the Logistics Team to analyze inventory-related transactions in the systems, to expand the use of automation, and to ensure the records reflect the actual quantities
- Cooperating with the Logistics Team to calculate and analyze landed costs
- Resolving issues and discrepancies about purchase orders, invoices, landed costs, adjustments, etc.
- Analyzing the competitive landscape and partnering with vendors to negotiate favorable terms
- Participating in vendors’ contract conclusions and renewals as well as participating in agreeing on pricing decisions
- Tracking inventory in transit, and reporting and resolving any inventory-related errors or discrepancies
- Assisting and analyzing the return and refund processes while ensuring best practices
- Analyzing, maintaining, and reconciling inventory balances, transfers, transactions, and adjustments
- Performing weekly reconciliation between system databases and the general ledger, leveraging system capabilities to improve the process
- Assisting with the monthly close process, as it pertains to inventory transactions
- Supporting inventory counts at the warehouse
Skills on Resume:
- Policy Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Landed Costing (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Negotiation (Soft Skills)
- Contract Participation (Soft Skills)
- Error Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Close Support (Hard Skills)
23. Inventory Accountant, Boulder Packaging Co., Boulder, CO
Job Summary:
- Analyze cost accounting data and ensure accurate inventory costing is being applied
- Partner with Operations to ensure inventory reconciliations and variance research are being performed
- Review cycle count procedures and periodically assist with cycle count/physical inventories
- Maintain internal control documentation and test internal controls over inventory
- Monitor inventory transactions
- Prepare weekly and monthly collateral reporting
- Partner with Marketing and Category Management to prepare, analyze and report weekly, monthly, and quarterly gross margin analysis to management
- Assist in month-end closing, review and prepare adjustments
- Analyze the inventory evaluation performed by Demand Planning
- Coordinate with the IT department for system issues, maintenance and development, such as purchasing, cycle counts, transfers, and sales
- Make regular visits to distribution centers
- Support and assist internal department reporting requirements such as audit schedules, tax schedules and others
- Oversee year-end audit inventory observation (liaison between auditor and Operations)
Skills on Resume:
- Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Variance Research (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Counting (Hard Skills)
- Internal Controls (Hard Skills)
- Margin Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Closing Support (Hard Skills)
- System Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Audit Liaison (Soft Skills)
24. Inventory Accountant, Horizon Electrical Parts, Des Moines, IA
Job Summary:
- Maintain detailed listings of Tooling Inventory, Dedicated Equipment and Fixed Assets and the related Depreciation and Amortization calculations
- Manage all accounting-related functions for capital and tooling projects including project budgets, processing project invoices, tracking all project costs to budget, providing monthly budget vs. actual analysis, and highlighting potential variances
- Assist the Controller in projecting cash flow management of all capital and tooling projects
- Review Inventory Adjustments for root cause and completeness and suggest system changes and/or associate training to eliminate unnecessary adjustments
- Follow up on Inventory Invoice discrepancies and PPV details and update Purchase Orders
- Assist the Director of Purchasing with periodic updates of Inventory pricing
- Establish and oversee a Cycle Count program
- Distribute the Inventory Hold Report and work with appropriate personnel to rework and/or dispose of Hold Inventory promptly
- Process Resale Steel payments in the system
- Complete Monthly Reporting of Banking information
- Assist in the Month-End Close responsibilities for all Anchor Companies
- Prepare Daily Scorecard metrics related to Inventory and Operations
- Participate in annual Financial and Banking audits
- Assist the Controller and CFO with other Financial Reporting activities or Special projects
- Answer incoming phone calls
- Comply with all the Anchor Principles and Guidelines, as well as Anchor policies and procedures
Skills on Resume:
- Asset Management (Hard Skills)
- Project Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Cash Flow Support (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Pricing Updates (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Count Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Audit Participation (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
25. Inventory Accountant, Midcoast Machinery, Augusta, ME
Job Summary:
- Liaise with the Customer Logistics team to ensure inventory count plans are up to date and plan timing for preparation of reconciliations to be performed in advance of district count
- Obtain reports from SAP, OSC and other related systems to reconcile inventory movements and actual inventory held at locations across the district
- Drives the assessment of the outcome of the counts
- Work with the Field Count Team and the inventory specialist in the field to ensure all reconciling items are supported and proposals for final adjustments are validated and appropriately reviewed and approved
- Support the Field Count team's post count to ensure initial results are validated and are reasonable (at a high level)
- Confirm that inventory adjustments made in SAP are aligned with the approved proposal above
- Provide updates to management on the impact of adjustments to the P&L
- Assist in the logistics of the inventory validation process and play a key role in ensuring the end-to-end field inventory count process is robust and based on complete and accurate data
- Develop a deep understanding of the supply chain model
- Identify risks and opportunities for improvements in the field of inventory management
- Contribute to ad-hoc projects/requests of varying duration
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Planning (Hard Skills)
- System Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Count Validation (Hard Skills)
- Field Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Adjustment Review (Hard Skills)
- P&L Impact Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Risk Identification (Soft Skills)
26. Inventory Accountant, Lakefront Metals, Duluth, MN
Job Summary:
- Ownership of inventory accounting, including inventory and related reconciliations, inventory valuation, month-end, quarter-end, and year-end inventory accounting processes
- Analyze inventory aging reports and review potentially excess and obsolete inventory
- Maintain proper inventory reserves
- Review and process inventory (inter-company and external), transportation, and all other material-related invoices
- Collaborate with operations and distribution centers to identify, research, and resolve inventory discrepancies
- Prepare and submit Federal and/or State government tobacco reporting
- Track and resolve pricing, tax, freight, and quantity discrepancies
- Prepare and maintain vendor Royalty accounting
- Assist with year-end audit, including compiling requested information and preparing various analyses
- Prepare various ad hoc inventory-related reports
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Aging Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Reserve Management (Hard Skills)
- Invoice Processing (Hard Skills)
- Discrepancy Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Regulatory Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Royalty Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
27. Inventory Accountant, SteelPoint Logistics, Fort Smith, AR
Job Summary:
- Process inventory transactions through the Oracle inventory module including receipts, issuances and adjustments
- Allocate freight and discounts to inventory on hand
- Monitor cycle count compliance and guide the administration and segregation of duties
- Coordinate EOY full-count procedures
- Prepare SOX controls, account reconciliations and other audit deliverables
- Understand COPAS guidance for billable materials and ensure transactions are coded to maximize returns from joint interest partners
- Manage business transitions about inventory including the setup of new storerooms and fair value analysis of acquired inventory
- Manage ad hoc requests which may involve independent research and preparation of a professional deliverable of appropriate medium (email, spreadsheet, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Follow accounting close calendar deadlines to ensure the timely closing of the inventory subledger
- Adhere to and manage the application of proper accounting and financial recording standards
- Engage in the review and improvement of processes to achieve increased efficiency and further streamlined analysis and reporting procedures
- Assist with internal/external accounting and auditor inquiries including financial and JV audits
Skills on Resume:
- Oracle Processing (Hard Skills)
- Freight Allocation (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Valuation (Hard Skills)
- Transition Management (Soft Skills)
- Close Calendar Adherence (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
28. Inventory Accountant, Riverbend Paper Supply, Evansville, IN
Job Summary:
- Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules
- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations which include, but are not limited to, cash, prepaid expenses, and payroll
- Partake in a variety of department-wide initiatives
- Oversee depreciation, fixed asset ledgers, and reconciliation
- Handle intercompany transactions, billings, and reconciliation
- Become well-versed in month-end balance sheet account reconciliations
- Periodically maintain and reconcile journal entries
- Prepare analyses for monthly balance sheets and income statements for management to report on
- Special projects and impromptu reporting
- Contribute to the implementation, maintenance and adherence to internal controls and accounting procedures, ensuring compliance with GAAP
- Conduct month-end close and compose journal entries with minimal supervision
- Assist in the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing process including monthly financial close workbook preparation
- Coordinate and analyze a variety of financial data, then report it in a way that is useful and understandable
Skills on Resume:
- Lease Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Journal Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Asset Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Intercompany Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Balance Sheet Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Internal Controls (Hard Skills)
- Close Execution (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
29. Inventory Accountant, South Shore Furnishings, Manchester, NH
Job Summary:
- Producing the monthly inventory review pack for the business, including KPI analysis
- Consistent recommendations for improvements in the way that costs are processed and recorded
- Reviewing existing stock recording processes as they affect the financial integrity of the business and recommending improvements
- Identifying and implementing stock reduction opportunities to meet business performance objectives
- Reviewing BOM costings periodically, making recommendations to pricing
- Monitoring and analysing the works order closure process, including the analysis and reporting of scrap
- Reviewing and monitoring the gross margin report
- Completing aged and obsolete stock analysis with provision recommendations
- Supporting the cycle counting process, recommending improvements
- Recommendation of Goods Received and Stock Returns Procedures, including rental assets
- Working closely with other offices to develop and introduce monthly reporting on development projects within the business
- Recommending and introducing changes to the cost collection and recording processes within the department
- Analysing spend versus approved business cases/projects
- Assisting with the preparation of business cases for new initiatives/projects
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Stock Reduction (Hard Skills)
- BOM Review (Hard Skills)
- Margin Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Obsolete Stock Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Count Support (Hard Skills)
- Project Analysis (Hard Skills)
30. Inventory Accountant, IronGate Storage Systems, Cheyenne, WY
Job Summary:
- Prepare and post journal entries utilizing data in financial systems and other sources of information
- Provide data to internal customers, management and auditors
- Prepare financial audit requests and assist with the review and coordination of the audit process
- Prepare daily cash summary and communicate cash activity and balances to management as well as administer bank portals
- Prepare monthly account reconciliations and fluctuation analysis
- Assist with the accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end close
- Assist with the reparation of and timely reporting of ad hoc reporting requirements, including management, tax, investor, banker and acquisition reporting requests
- Document the Company’s accounting conclusions regarding accounting issues or the application of new accounting standards
- Assist in the implementation of new accounting standards
- Documentation of internal policies
- Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures
- Maintain banking relationships, administer banking portals, and assist in opening/closing bank accounts
- Prepare and coordinate quarterly cash forecast
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Posting (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Cash Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Close Support (Hard Skills)
- Ad Hoc Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Policy Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Cash Forecasting (Hard Skills)
31. Inventory Accountant, Flatlands Food Distributors, Lubbock, TX
Job Summary:
- Assist in the monthly closing process of inventory and cost of sales
- Monthly fluctuation analysis and report on variances versus budget and forecasts
- Preparing account analysis and reconciliations on various balance sheet and income statement accounts using Excel including pivot tables or Access databases
- Prepare schedules for the year-end audit and quarterly reviews
- Assist in providing information requests to internal and external auditors
- Assist in the implementation of process improvements
- Create efficiencies and reduce timeframes for deliverables in the financial close and reporting processes
- Complete special projects and additional responsibilities
- Assist in the development of written procedures to ensure adherence, consistency and overall efficiency of the department and assist in cross-training
- Assist in technical accounting research on GAAP and FASB reporting requirements for new accounting standards and business transactions
- Assist with finance process improvement initiatives to create efficiencies and reduce timeframes for deliverables in the financial close and reporting processes
- Update internal control documentation and support internal and external audit requirements
Skills on Resume:
- Close Support (Hard Skills)
- Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Procedure Development (Hard Skills)
- Technical Research (Hard Skills)
- Control Documentation (Hard Skills)
32. Inventory Accountant, Oak Ridge Equipment, Knoxville, TN
Job Summary:
- Handles procurement process including oversight of purchase order creation, item fulfillment, and item receipting
- Ownership of inventory accounting including inventory and related reconciliations, inventory valuation, month-end, quarter-end and year-end inventory accounting processes
- Implement accounting policies, practices and systems
- Implement strategic opportunities to improve operating performance related to procurement and inventory accounting
- Make sure all accounting transactions and provisions are processed efficiently and recorded effectively in an accurate and timely manner
- Create daily documents used for inventory goods receipts
- Assist in the maintenance of inventory reports
- Assist in Store Inventory Compliance
- Analyze various types of data (inbound, inventory levels in the warehouse and stores, etc.)
- Perform cycle counts and analyze results
- Communicate inventory issues through the proper channels and provide recommendations to improve processes
Skills on Resume:
- Procurement Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Policy Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Performance Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Transaction Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Report Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Cycle Count Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Process Communication (Soft Skills)
33. Inventory Accountant, Western Freight Solutions, Albuquerque, NM
Job Summary:
- Prepare and book recurring and nonrecurring journal entries
- Prepare and reconcile Fixed Assets
- Prepare and reconcile inventory payables
- Prepare and reconcile other receivables
- Prepare and review expense transactions
- Prepare the Lower of Cost or Market report monthly
- Review monthly inventory, Accruals and other Expense transactions
- Recording inventory transactions, assisting in maintaining master data, costing and reconciling book volumes to physical volumes
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve data discrepancies with minimal supervision
- Provide reporting for inventory
- Prepare adjustments and reconciliations
- Drive the development of inventory processes and policies, working closely with the Operational Controller
- Direct liaison with auditors regarding inventory
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Asset Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Payables (Hard Skills)
- Expense Review (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Data Resolution (Hard Skills)
- Policy Development (Soft Skills)
- Audit Liaison (Soft Skills)
34. Inventory Accountant, Central Harvest Inc., Topeka, KS
Job Summary:
- Work with IT and Inventory Management teams to implement solutions that meet business requirements
- Maintain administrative oversight of Cendec data
- Continuously improve Cendec data, application and interfaces
- Reconcile Warehouse (225) and Material Sales (188) BSAM balances monthly
- Identify and resolve any disruption to interfaces between SAP and Cendec CORE
- Engage Controllers and BCOE to ensure all Cendec Material Transfers are posted in SAP
- Resolve invoices that fail to come into Cendec
- Place necessary JVs, MTs, and SQL script requests
- Prepare and post Warehouse (225) Invoice Accruals in SAP
- Set up new material numbers in Cendec and OpenInvoice
- Coordinate implementation of Cendec KPIs and reports
- Ensure proper accounting and transactional efficiency of material and equipment purchases, transfers and dispositions
- Update and provide documentation, training materials
Skills on Resume:
- System Implementation (Hard Skills)
- Data Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Interface Resolution (Hard Skills)
- Balance Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Invoice Management (Hard Skills)
- JV Processing (Hard Skills)
- KPI Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Training Documentation (Soft Skills)
35. Inventory Accountant, High Desert Automotive, Flagstaff, AZ
Job Summary:
- Process payments for raw material vendors timely manner to maximize cash discounts
- Record manual system adjustments related to inventory
- Process fixed asset additions, inter-plant transfers, and retirements
- Perform monthly reconciliation of inventory, fixed assets and other related accounts
- Monitor and enter raw material prices in the cost system
- Review expenditures and plant expenses routinely to ensure accurate accounting
- Generate and distribute raw material and cost reports for management review
- Support the monthly close process
- Support external auditors on matters related to cost accounting on an annual basis
- Perform cost analysis and identify opportunities for cost saving
- Conduct inventory error analysis and make corrections
- Attend and participate in company and depart
Skills on Resume:
- Vendor Payments (Hard Skills)
- System Adjustments (Hard Skills)
- Asset Processing (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Cost Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Expense Review (Hard Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
- Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
36. Inventory Accountant, Bluegrass Components, Lexington, KY
Job Summary:
- Inventory account analysis and journal entries (JE)
- Account reconciliations for various raw materials, Inventory accounts
- Monthly PO accrual tariff capitalization booking and analysis
- In-transit and Scrap monitoring
- Provide support to the Inventory Legal entity and the Cycle review deck preparation
- Support migration to Oracle Fusion
- Ad hoc support to team members and stakeholders
- Be the main point of contact in the inventory accounting function and be responsible for reconciling inventory accounts
- Providing monthly and quarterly inventory analysis and valuation, and assisting with the month-end close function
- Ensure purchase orders and requisition forms are accurate
- Work closely with the Purchasing Manager to ensure purchase orders are going into NetSuite correctly
- Assist with implementing efficiencies in the inventory accounting process
Skills on Resume:
- JE Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Tariff Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Scrap Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- System Migration (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Support (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Valuation (Hard Skills)
- Process Efficiency (Soft Skills)