Senior Accountant- Onsite/Hybrid at Prime Matter Labs in New York, NY

Job description

• Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Accountant owns core areas of the monthly close and plays a central role in manufacturing cost accounting, inventory integrity, and financial reporting. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants exposure to the full cost cycle of a contract manufacturer — from raw materials and components through work-in-process to finished goods and customer profitability.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned areas of the month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations, meeting a tight close calendar
• Analyze plant and customer/contract profitability and partner with operations on margin drivers
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong documentation and internal controls
• Reconcile and value inventory (raw materials, components, WIP, finished goods); investigate cycle-count and physical-inventory discrepancies and support reserve analysis
• Support the annual budget, forecasting, and standard cost setting process
• Assist with external audit, tax, and PE reporting deliverables, preparing schedules and responding to requests
• Assist with standard cost accounting: maintain BOMs and routings, execute standard cost rolls, and analyze purchase price, material usage, labor, and overhead variances
• Drive process improvements and help optimize use of the ERP system

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience,
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and
• Strong ERP experience and advanced Excel skills
• - Detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and comfortable working across finance and operations
• CPA (or actively pursuing)
• Experience with manufacturing cost accounting
• Understanding standard costing in an inventory-intensive environment
• Experience in cosmetics, personal care, food, pharma, or another regulated manufacturing industry
• Experience with multi-plant or multi-entity operations
• Exposure to a private equity–backed or high-growth environment

Skills

Required

• Solid understanding of US GAAP
• Strong ERP experience
• Advanced Excel skills
• Detail-oriented
• Deadline-driven

Preferred

• CPA (or actively pursuing)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• 401K program
• The spirit of a startup with the security of an established, profitable industry leader
• The opportunity to make waves in a $250B industry
• Paid time off and company-observed holidays
• Salary Range: $70,000 to $90,000.00