OverviewThe Manager of Inventory Accounting at Crocs, Inc.is responsible for inventory and cost accounting across Crocs global entities. This role leads the accounting and controls over inventory. You will serve as a key partner to operations, ensuring financial results reflect underlying business activity, while maintaining a strong control environment and supporting external reporting and audits.
What You'll Do- Own global inventory accounting end-to-end, including standard costing, inventory valuation, reserves, and cost of goods sold
- Lead close processes (monthly, quarterly, and year-end) including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, inventory subledger tie-outs, and flux/variance analysis.
- Ensure accuracy of inventory balances by partnering with Supply Chain and Inventory Control to validate inventory movements, adjustments, reserves, and supporting documentation.
- Maintain and enhance standard costing for global products, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with financial reporting requirements.
- Drive process improvement and transformation by optimizing inventory accounting workflows, supporting automation and system changes, and enabling new initiatives (e.g. product launches) with appropriate accounting treatment and controls.
- Maintain policies, procedures, and controls by documenting processes, ensuring compliance, and supporting accounting treatment and controls.
- Prepare and support audit documentation and external audit requests
- Collaborate cross-functionally with FP&A, Inventory Control, Tax, Supply Chain, IT, and Retail/Ecommerce Operations to ensure accurate accounting and reporting.
- Develop and support team capability by contributing to training, coaching, and performance management of accounting team members.
What You'll Bring to the Table- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Accounting or a related field; MBA or CPA preferred.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in Accounting functions, with a strong focus on process improvement, with 2+ years of people leadership
- Strong hands-on knowledge of ERP systems; primarily SAP is required.
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Advanced Excel skills and ability to analyze large, high-volume datasets; experience improving processes
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
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Title: Manager, Inventory Accounting
Salary or Pay Range: $115,000 - $125,000
Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.
At Crocs, Inc. we believe in the power of a blend of in-person and virtual collaboration to drive creativity and strengthen relationships. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote). This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona.
This position is eligible to participate in a company incentive program.
This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
The application window is 45 days, but applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the posting date in order to ensure optimal consideration. The posting will be removed if the job is filled before the application window deadline.
Job Category: Corporate
