Cost Accountant, Divergent Technologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• 3–5 years of experience in cost accounting, inventory accounting
• Strong understanding of inventory flows, WIP, standard costing, PPV, and COGS in an ERP environment
• Experience working in manual or semi-manual environments with imperfect or evolving data
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, structured models)
• Experience performing reconciliations, variance analysis, and month-end close activities
• Comfortable operating in a startup or high-growth environment

Desirable

• Support accurate cost accounting and inventory valuation while building scalable, well-controlled financial processes that improve COGS accuracy, strengthen operational visibility, and ensure audit readiness
• This role will help establish disciplined standard costing, PPV management, cost rate maintenance, and inventory governance in a growing, evolving environment
• Execute inventory and cost accounting activities during month-end close, including WIP, COGS, and manufacturing-related journal entries
• Prepare sub-ledger to GL reconciliations, ensuring alignment between operational data and financial results
• Develop and maintain reconciliation templates, trackers, and close schedules
• Maintain and update standard costs (materials, labor, overhead), including cost rolls and ongoing governance of assumptions
• Own and analyze cost variances, including purchase price variance (PPV) and absorption
• Support inventory valuation, WIP tracking, and accurate COGS recognition
• Prepare and document manual journal entries where system or process gaps require adjustment
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to validate inventory movements, production activity, and cost inputs
• Support development and maintenance of labor and overhead cost rates
• Support physical inventory counts, cycle counts, reconciliations, and inventory true-ups
• Document, standardize, and improve costing and inventory processes, transitioning manual workflows into controlled, repeatable processes
• Establish and enhance inventory transaction governance and controls (receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments)
• Identify and resolve discrepancies between operational activity and financial reporting
• Provide ad hoc cost analysis and support ERP, reporting, and cross-functional initiatives tied to growth and process improvement
• Primarily office-based with extensive computer and ERP system use
• Regular collaboration with Accounting, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams
• Occasional presence in manufacturing or warehouse areas to support process reviews and inventory counts
• Fast-paced, high-growth operational environment requiring cross-functional coordination