Senior Cost Accounting Manager

Cerebras Systems•Sunnyvale, CA

11h

About The Position

The Senior Cost Accounting Manager will thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting both Finance and Operations. This role requires excellent communication skills, strong computational and analytical ability, and the capacity to quickly derive insights from high volume manufacturing and inventory-related transactions. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning end-to-end cost accounting processes. This is a high visibility role working closely with leaders in Supply Chain, Procurement and Finance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
CPA or CMA required with knowledge of GAAP, inventory accounting, costing methodologies, and fixed assets.
7+ years of progressive cost accounting experience in manufacturing, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environments. Up to 3 years of Big 4 early career experience will be viewed favorably.
Strong experience with NetSuite and advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

Cost Capitalization & Allocations
Assess, capitalize, and allocate inventory rebates.
Evaluate and allocate wafer manufacturing yield losses.
Capitalize operational costs and manufacturing overhead, ensuring accurate classification for variance analysis.
Book monthly facilities allocations.
Accrue and capitalize freight and tariff costs monthly.
Inventory Accounting & Reconciliations
Prepare monthly inventory reconciliations and post all related journal entries.
Record and reconcile inventory-in-transit accruals.
Ensure proper inventory classification across Raw Materials (RM), Work-in-Process (WIP), and Finished Goods (FG).
Coordinate physical inventory counts with Operations and external auditors.
Optimize and drive efficiency and accuracy in the accounting close process for inventory and other manufactured assets
Manufacturing & COGS Analysis
Track and analyze FG movements to ensure correct accounting for COGS, RMAs, RMA replacements, and internal deployments to PPE.
Review COGS transactions for completeness and accuracy.
Perform gross margin flux analysis and partner with Operations to investigate key drivers.
Audit & Cross-Functional Support
Support internal and external audit requests related to inventory and cost accounting.
Collaborate with Operations to validate inventory movements, yields, and system accuracy.
Support inventory count validations working cross functionally with operations.