Cost Accountant

Performance Beauty Group is seeking a highly analytical, detail-oriented, and process-driven Senior Cost Accountant to join its Finance team. This role will be responsible for inventory accounting, manufacturing cost analysis, landed cost management, inventory reserves, tariffs, and cost-related reporting across multiple business units. The ideal candidate will have hands-on manufacturing accounting experience and a strong understanding of inventory costing, production processes, and supply chain operations.

In addition to traditional cost accounting responsibilities, this individual will play a key role in developing scalable processes, documenting workflows, identifying automation opportunities, and leveraging AI and technology solutions to improve efficiency, accuracy, and reporting capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and maintain landed cost calculations, including inventory revaluations.
• Analyze and maintain inventory reserve calculations and supporting documentation.
• Manage tariff-related cost accounting and ensure proper inventory capitalization.
• Perform inventory reconciliations and investigate variances.
• Review monthly inventory adjustments and determine appropriate accounting treatment.
• Monitor inventory reconciliations performed by domestic and international subsidiaries.
• Assist with physical inventory counts, cycle counts, inventory adjustments, and inventory reporting.
• Review assembly builds and manufacturing transactions to ensure all overhead costs are captured.
• Analyze monthly manufacturing costs and identify variances versus prior periods.
• Review freight allocations and ensure transportation costs are appropriately assigned to inventory.
• Review intercompany inventory transactions to ensure intercompany COGS aligns with intercompany revenue.
• Build and maintain KPIs and reporting packages for Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs).
• Develop, document, and maintain process flows, SOPs, and internal controls.
• Identify and implement process improvements, and automation opportunities.
• Assist with year-end audit support and inventory-related requests.
• Lead and participate in special projects and other initiatives as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 5 years of manufacturing and cost accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, manufacturing accounting, standard costing, landed costs, inventory reserves, overhead absorption, and inventory controls.
• Experience supporting manufacturing operations and production costing.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, data analysis, and financial modeling.
• Experience documenting business processes, developing process flows, and implementing process improvements.
• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation (active or inactive) preferred.
• Experience with Net Suite or similar ERP systems.
• Experience in beauty, consumer products, manufacturing, or CPG industries.
• Experience supporting external audits and inventory controls.
• Knowledge of landed costs, freight allocations, tariffs, inventory reserves, and intercompany inventory transactions.
• Experience utilizing automation platforms, and business process improvement methodologies to improve efficiency and reporting.
• Experience working in a private equity-backed organization is a plus.