Senior Accountant, Inventory

Data Direct Networks

$100K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
  • 1–2 years of experience in public accounting and/or internal inventory accounting
  • Foundational understanding of inventory cost accounting principles and inventory controls
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Proactive, curious, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
  • Process improvement and automation-oriented mindset
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Responsibilities

  • Support monthly close activities related to inventory accounting, including journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis
  • Maintain and analyze inventory costing, reserves, variances, and inventory-related financial reporting
  • Partner cross-functionally with operations, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure accurate inventory reporting and process alignment
  • Assist with inventory controls, cycle counts, and audit support
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies across inventory accounting workflows
  • Participate in the implementation and optimization of Workday inventory and accounting processes
  • Help document and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls related to inventory

Benefits

  • Opportunity to play a meaningful role in a major ERP transformation and process build-out
  • Exposure to cross-functional business partnering and operational finance
  • Collaborative and growth-oriented environment with opportunities for professional development
  • Chance to make a direct impact by improving processes and driving efficiencies
Full Job Description
Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Accountant, Inventory join our growing Corporate Accounting team. This role will serve as a key business partner across operations and finance, supporting inventory accounting activities while helping drive process improvements and automation initiatives.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in inventory cost accounting, an eagerness to learn, and a continuous improvement mindset. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a company currently undergoing a Workday ERP implementation, where the individual will play an active role in helping build and optimize inventory processes within a new system environment.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Support monthly close activities related to inventory accounting, including journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis
  • Maintain and analyze inventory costing, reserves, variances, and inventory-related financial reporting
  • Partner cross-functionally with operations, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure accurate inventory reporting and process alignment
  • Assist with inventory controls, cycle counts, and audit support
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies across inventory accounting workflows
  • Participate in the implementation and optimization of Workday inventory and accounting processes
  • Help document and enhance accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls related to inventory
  • Support ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
  • 1–2 years of experience in public accounting and/or internal inventory accounting
  • Foundational understanding of inventory cost accounting principles and inventory controls
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Proactive, curious, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
  • Process improvement and automation-oriented mindset with a desire to challenge and improve existing processes
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively across teams
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required
  • Oracle and Workday experience is a plus

Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to play a meaningful role in a major ERP transformation and process build-out
  • Exposure to cross-functional business partnering and operational finance
  • Collaborative and growth-oriented environment with opportunities for professional development
  • Chance to make a direct impact by improving processes and driving efficiencies

Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000

DDN

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities: 

 

Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives. 

Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets, achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals, focuses on critical priorities, and is accountable. 

Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical, realistic, and resourceful. 

Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and solves problems creatively.

 

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