Cost Accounting Manager

ACT Lighting Inc • NY, US, NY

3d • $90,000 - $110,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Inventory & Cost Accounting Manager leads the accounting, valuation, costing, and financial management of inventory across ACT Entertainment's multiple business divisions and warehouse locations. You'll serve as the company's subject matter expert on inventory accounting, partnering with Operations, Warehouse Management, Supply Chain, Controllers, and Finance to ensure inventory is accurately valued, properly controlled, and reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This role suits someone who thrives under pressure, takes ownership, and enjoys solving complex operational and financial challenges — a confident communicator with a proactive, get-it-done leadership style.

Requirements

• Subject matter expert on inventory accounting.
• Proficiency in U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with standard cost, average cost, and other inventory valuation methodologies.
• Experience managing cost rolls, standard cost updates, cost adjustments, and inventory revaluations.
• Experience analyzing purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and inventory discrepancies.
• Experience ensuring inventory subledgers reconcile to the general ledger.
• Experience partnering with warehouse and manufacturing managers on physical inventories, cycle counts, inventory movement, and accuracy.
• Experience partnering with Controllers for month-end and year-end financial reporting.
• Experience leading and supporting physical inventory counts and inventory audit activities.
• Experience developing and improving inventory controls, policies, and costing procedures.
• Experience preparing journal entries, reconciliations, and inventory reporting schedules.
• Experience supporting external auditors with inventory-related audit documentation.
• Experience recommending process improvements within ERP systems and inventory workflows.
• Confident communicator.
• Proactive, get-it-done leadership style.
• Ability to thrive under pressure.
• Takes ownership.
• Enjoys solving complex operational and financial challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory accounting and financial reporting across multiple divisions and locations.
• Maintain accurate inventory valuation using standard cost, average cost, and other appropriate methodologies.
• Manage cost rolls, standard cost updates, cost adjustments, and inventory revaluations.
• Analyze purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and inventory discrepancies.
• Ensure inventory subledgers reconcile to the general ledger.
• Partner with warehouse and manufacturing managers on physical inventories, cycle counts, inventory movement, and accuracy.
• Partner with Controllers to ensure accurate month-end and year-end financial reporting.
• Lead and support physical inventory counts and inventory audit activities.
• Develop and improve inventory controls, policies, and costing procedures.
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and inventory reporting schedules.
• Support external auditors with inventory-related audit documentation.
• Recommend process improvements within ERP systems and inventory workflows.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 25%) to support warehouse operations, inventory audits, ERP implementations, and finance initiatives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Fully remote work — work from anywhere in the U.S., with light travel (up to 25%) to visit warehouse sites, support audits, and partner with operations teams in person.
• Direct line to the CFO and a genuine seat on the Finance leadership team — your work shapes company-wide decisions, not just a single department.
• Ownership of a critical, high-visibility function: you'll become the company's go-to expert on inventory accounting across multiple divisions and warehouse locations.
• A growth runway — this role is explicitly built as a foundation for future leadership opportunities within Finance.
• Variety and challenge — no two days look the same, spanning costing, ERP process improvement, audits, and cross-functional partnership with Operations and Supply Chain.
• A stable, established company — 40+ years in business with a track record of sustainable growth in the entertainment industry.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed