Director or Senior Director of Cost Accounting

Director or Senior Director of Cost Accounting

Our client, a high-growth AI hardware and infrastructure company, is hiring a Director or Senior Director of Cost Accounting to build and scale cost accounting and inventory processes in a rapidly evolving environment.

Location: This position is based in Sunnyvale, CA, and requires three days per week onsite.

This is a highly visible leadership role with significant influence across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and FP&A, and will play a key part in strengthening controls and readiness for external reporting.

• Design and implement scalable cost accounting strategies aligned with company growth and public-company readiness
• Establish costing policies, procedures, and internal controls in partnership with Supply Chain and Operations
• Lead month-end and quarter-end close activities for cost accounting, inventory, and related reserves
• Own product, system, and service costing methodologies across complex hardware systems and compute infrastructure
• Manage cost allocations to products, services, and programs with clear audit-ready support
• Oversee inventory valuation, excess and obsolete analysis, and manufacturing accruals
• Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to analyze BOMs, yields, labor, overhead, and supplier pricing
• Support capacity planning, volume analysis, and make-or-buy decisions
• Develop and maintain cost center budgets, headcount models, and allocation methodologies
• Own accounting and cost modeling for fixed assets related to the data center and compute infrastructure
• Establish capitalization policies, useful lives, depreciation approaches, and impairment considerations
• Create and maintain compute and infrastructure cost allocation frameworks covering usage, overhead, depreciation, and support costs
• Support unit economics, margin analysis, and pricing decisions for infrastructure and services offerings
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, SOX expectations, and internal policies
• Prepare costing and inventory analyses to support external auditors and reporting requirements
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and ad hoc analyses as business priorities evolve

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 10 or more years of progressive cost accounting experience in manufacturing, hardware, or other capital-intensive environments
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, inventory accounting, costing methodologies, and fixed asset accounting
• Experience building complex allocation models and supporting audit-ready documentation and controls
• Hands-on ERP and manufacturing systems experience, including platforms such as Oracle or Net Suite

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors, including but not limited to:

• The individual’s skill sets, experience, and training;
• Licensure and certifications;
• Office location and other geographic considerations;
• Other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco by Highspring notes that the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.