Associate Director, Inventory Data

• Lead the integrity, governance, and financial correctness of the data underpinning inventory, cost of goods sold, and product costing
• Represent Finance Data & Systems in evaluating and shaping decisions impacting financial integrity of core inventory-related datasets
• Design and maintain robust validation routines for inventory data
• Investigate data anomalies and drive issues through to resolution
• Build scalable exception management processes to reduce recurring problems
• Partner with cross-functional teams on workflows and system changes affecting inventory and costing
• Develop reconciliations, dashboards, and reporting to improve visibility into inventory accuracy
• Help strengthen the company’s control environment and reporting reliability

• 7+ years of experience across inventory finance, operations finance, inventory product ownership, or similar fields
• Deep understanding of how inventory activity flows through operational systems into accounting and financial reporting
• Strong accounting foundation in inventory and COGS, including standard costing, bills of materials, and inventory valuation
• Strong experience with reconciliations, exception management, and data quality controls in complex or fast-changing environments
• Building automated reconciliations, KPI frameworks, dashboards, and data quality monitoring
• Hands-on SQL proficiency sufficient to investigate and reconcile large inventory datasets independently
• Experience with a cloud data warehouse (Big Query, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar)
• Fluency in modern reporting and data tools and advanced Excel
• Experience in fast-growing, operationally complex environments that involve manufacturing or multi-site production
• Exposure to audit readiness, internal controls, or pre-IPO environments
• Proven ability to work effectively across Finance, Operations, Product, and Data teams
• Ability to translate complex system behavior into clear business and financial insight for senior stakeholders
• A track record of bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous, high-impact problems

Demonstrates expertise in inventory finance and operations, with a strong foundation in accounting principles related to inventory and COGS. Proficient in data validation, reconciliation, and reporting, leveraging SQL and modern data tools to enhance inventory accuracy and financial integrity.

• Inventory Finance Expertise
• SQL Proficiency
• Data Quality Controls
• Reconciliation Development
• Cloud Data Warehouse Experience

• Inventory Valuation
• Standard Costing
• Bills of Materials
• Automated Reconciliations
• KPI Frameworks
• Data Quality Monitoring
• Advanced Excel
• Financial Reporting
• Exception Management
• Data Validation

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Problem-Solving
• Communication
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Adaptability

• Audit Readiness
• Internal Controls
• Pre-IPO Environments
• Operational Complexity
• Manufacturing

• Big Query
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Modern Reporting Tools
• Dashboards