Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant – Operations and Cost Accounting

Based in Detroit, Michigan or Union City, Indiana—directly reporting to the Director of Accounting Operations. This role will play a key role in analyzing manufacturing costs, maintaining cost standards, and serving as a business partner to Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to improve financial performance.

Company:
Workhorse (Nasdaq: WKHS) is headquartered in the Detroit area with manufacturing in Indiana. The company builds software‑first, electric trucks that are powerful, cost‑efficient, reliable, safe, and comfortable—all with zero tailpipe emissions.

• Analyze manufacturing costs, inventory valuations, and production variances.
• Prepare and maintain standard cost models; update cost rolls as needed.
• Partner with Operations, Purchasing, and Supply Chain to ensure accurate product costing and margin analysis.
• Coordinate and oversee annual physical inventory processes with Operations partners, ensuring compliance with internal controls, accurate reconciliation to system balances, and audit‑ready documentation.
• Support the month‑end close process, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis for inventory, warranty, revenue recognition, and other areas as needed.
• Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor operational efficiency.
• Participate in budgeting and forecasting processes, providing cost and margin insights to FP&A and business partners.
• Identify process improvements and implement best practices in cost accounting and reporting.
• Partner with IT to design and maintain cost accounting data integrity within the ERP system (QAD).
• Support internal controls, SOX compliance, and audit requests related to inventory and cost accounting.
• Participate in ERP enhancements and process automation initiatives.
• Perform other month‑end closing activities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• 3–5+ years of progressive cost accounting or manufacturing finance experience; automotive or EV OEM experience strongly preferred.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and bias toward action; consistently investigates issues beyond the surface, defines next steps without direction, and takes ownership to resolve problems end to end.
• Strong command of standard cost accounting, inventory management, and plant financial operations.
• Strong ERP experience and advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, evolving production environment.
• Approximately 25% travel required.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Collaborative, growth‑oriented culture.
• Opportunity to make a tangible impact on business performance.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time