Lead Accountant

Picarro, Inc • Santa Clara, CA

9h • $130,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Accountant is a high-impact role for an intellectually curious, technically strong accounting professional seeking broad ownership and influence in a complex, scaling global business. Reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager, this person leads critical aspects of monthly close and financial reporting across the general ledger, inventory, manufacturing cost, and intercompany eliminations. The role combines rigorous accounting, data-driven problem solving, and cross-functional partnership, with opportunities to improve systems and controls, advise business partners, and develop into a broader finance leader.

The position is based in Santa Clara, California, and requires working in the office five days per week. The base salary range is $130,000 to $160,000. Total compensation includes base salary, bonus eligibility, and equity; the final salary range and title depend on location, experience, qualifications, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Eight or more years of progressive accounting experience.
• Deep command of U.S. GAAP, including inventory valuation and costing under ASC 330 and lease accounting under ASC 842.
• Advanced NetSuite and Excel capabilities, including sophisticated financial modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn large, imperfect datasets into well-supported conclusions and practical business recommendations.
• Executive-ready written and verbal communication skills, intellectual humility, and the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence finance and operational stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ownership, high standards, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Nice To Haves

• CPA strongly preferred.
• Experience in a complex manufacturing, semiconductor, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environment.
• Experience with lease accounting.
• Potential and ambition to grow into broader accounting or finance leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly inventory subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, resolve complex variances, and prepare journal entries, analyses, and close support.
• Calculate and account for manufacturing yield losses, manufacturing and facilities allocations, freight, tariffs, and other inventory-related costs in accordance with company policy.
• Monitor inventory classification across raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, including inventory held at contract manufacturers and other third-party locations.
• Analyze inventory movements, cost changes, manufacturing variances, yield, scrap, and excess and obsolete inventory, and provide recommendations to Operations and Supply Chain leaders.
• Support inventory reserve, write-off, and disposition analyses, physical inventory counts, and related audit documentation.
• Own payroll, bonus, and other complex accruals, including supporting calculations, controls, and variance analysis.
• Prepare and review high-risk monthly account reconciliations, investigate unusual activity, and drive timely resolution of open items.
• Lead bank reconciliations and cash-related accounting, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, speed, and control.
• Own monthly intercompany accounting and eliminations across international subsidiaries; investigate imbalances and work with global stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for internal and external audit requests.
• Maintain process documentation and control evidence for key close activities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve upstream data quality, resolve transaction issues, and explain financial statement impacts.
• Design and automate scalable accounting processes, including responsible use of AI-enabled tools, while maintaining appropriate review, documentation, and control procedures.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee referral program
• 401(k)
• Social events, including a summer picnic, holiday party, and team lunches
• On-site health and wellness programs, including fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, and flu shots
• Bonus eligibility
• Equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior