Company - Our client is a leading North American retail merchandising and distribution organization that helps retailers drive sales through innovative product solutions, supply chain services, and in-store execution. The company is experiencing significant growth and offers an exciting opportunity to help scale financial operations while driving process improvements and operational excellence.
Job Title - Revenue, Margin & Inventory Accounting Manager
Location - Remote in the US (occasional travel may be required)
Role Type - Direct Hire
Must Have Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience across revenue accounting, gross margin analysis, inventory accounting, sales auditing, and complex financial reconciliations.
- 5–7 years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years managing, mentoring, and developing accounting teams.
- Strong understanding of complex inventory ownership models, including Scan-Based Trading (SBT), direct-store delivery (DSD), consignment, and virtual inventory. SBT or comparable experience strongly preferred.
- Strong ERP knowledge and experience managing high-volume financial transactions across POS, inventory, and accounting systems. NetSuite, Tableau, and advanced Excel skills preferred; comparable systems experience acceptable.
- Demonstrated success driving process improvements, strengthening internal controls, implementing automation, and leading organizational change. Familiarity with AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot or Claude is a plus.
Responsibilities and Job Details:
- Lead and develop Revenue Accounting, Sales Audit, and Inventory Accounting teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee revenue recognition, gross margin accounting, inventory valuation, sales auditing, and complex financial reconciliations to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Manage month-end close activities, including account reconciliations, variance analysis, journal entries, and financial reporting.
- Review and approve inventory reserves, sales return reserves, shrink reserves, and revenue-related accruals, partnering with FP&A on assumptions and methodologies.
- Oversee accounting for warehouse inventory, consignment arrangements, Scan-Based Trading (SBT), and virtual inventory programs.
- Analyze transaction flows from point-of-sale and customer systems through inventory platforms and ERP systems to ensure financial accuracy and data integrity.
- Lead root-cause investigations into accounting discrepancies, inventory variances, and transaction processing issues.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve reporting capabilities, and leverage technology and AI-enabled tools to increase efficiency.
- Develop and strengthen internal controls, standardized procedures, and scalable accounting processes to support substantial business growth.
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and IT to resolve issues and improve operational performance.
- Provide hands-on accounting leadership while coaching team members, reviewing complex work, and supporting professional development.
- Play a key leadership role in scaling accounting operations to accommodate significant growth in transaction volumes and Scan-Based Trading programs.