The Senior Cost Accountant will serve as a key business partner to Operations and Supply Chain, providing actionable insights that influence decision-making and operational performance.
What You'll Do :
The Senior Cost Accountant is the key finance partner for Whisker's manufacturing and supply chain operations, responsible for driving plant-level financial performance through rigorous cost accounting, operational insight, and cross-functional partnership. This role plays a critical part in improving profitability by analyzing labor and production efficiencies, managing bill of materials (BOM) accuracy, inventory integrity, and ensuring disciplined execution against profitability targets.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as deemed necessary.
- Owns financial oversight of the Whisker Manufacturing assembly facility, including P&L, cost of goods sold (COGS), and inventory
- Partners with the Senior Director of Plant Operations, Site Leaders, Supply Chain & Logistics to drive plant profitability and operational efficiency
- Translates financial data into actionable insights to improve throughput, reduce waste, and optimize labor utilization
- Leads all cost accounting activities, including landed cost, cost roll-ups, and inventory valuation
- Ensures accuracy and integrity of bills of materials (BOMs), routings, and cost structures for key products
- Analyzes and explains cost variances (material, labor, overhead), and partners with operations to drive corrective actions
- Oversees physical inventory processes, cycle counts, and inventory controls
- Monitors and reports on production variances, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions
- Develops KPIs and dashboards focused on labor efficiency, scrap, yield, and overall production
- Drives continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction and process optimization
- Leads the plant-level budgeting and forecasting processes
- Provides monthly financial reporting and analysis to corporate finance, including variance explanations
- Supports strategic initiatives with financial modeling and ROI analysis
- Maintains strong internal controls over inventory, manufacturing costs, and plant financial processes
- Ensures compliance with corporate accounting policies and GAAP
- Supports internal and external audit requirements
- Performs additional responsibilities when required
Requirements
What You'll Bring :
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 4+ years of progressive accounting/finance experience, with significant exposure to manufacturing environments
- Strong cost accounting experience, including moving average, standard costing, and variance analysis
- Proven ability to manage and analyze BOM and production cost structures
- Experience partnering closely with operations leadership
- Expert-level ERP knowledge, preferably with SAP Business One
- Experience implementing or improving cost accounting systems and processes
- Maintains confidentiality of proprietary information
- Ability to maintain a professional atmosphere in a fast-paced environment with numerous interactions and interruptions
- A high degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to motivate others
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with Team Members and colleagues
- Comfortable with office pets (cats, dogs)
Not Required but Nice to Have! - CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred
Benefits & Purrks: Join a tenacious, inventive company that empowers team members to chart their own path, lead by grounding decisions in the "why", and has a strong sense of empathy and openness to new perspectives. Be a part of exciting growth, work with incredible people, and create tomorrow's pet products-plus a whole lot of extras. You will also be provided with:
- Premium Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Whisker Parents Program
- 1 day "pawternity" leave for new pet adoption
- Pet Insurance discount
- 401K match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Company-paid short-term disability and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Generous paid time off
- 14 Paid Holidays
- Top of the line equipment
- Pet-friendly office
- Whisker products and swag
- Continuing education Support
- On-site gym with Peloton
- Referral program
