Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to support accounting and financial reporting for a wine and production operation. This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on cost accounting, inventory, production costs, and month-end close. The right person will have experience in a manufacturing, food & beverage, wine, or other inventory-driven environment and understand how production activity flows through the financial statements.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain inventory and cost accounting for raw materials, packaging, finished goods, and work in process
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Track and analyze production costs, including grapes, bulk wine, packaging, bottling, labor, overhead, and other expenses
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Maintain and review standard and actual costs and investigate significant variances
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Work closely with operations and production teams to ensure costs are captured accurately and timely
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Analyze inventory movements, production yields, usage, and variances
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Assist with physical inventory counts and reconcile inventory records to the general ledger
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Review inventory reserves, write-offs, aging, and obsolescence as needed
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Support costing of wine and production activities, including transfers, bottling, blending, and finished goods
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Prepare monthly management reports and provide analysis around product margins and production costs
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Reconcile inventory, COGS, fixed assets, and other balance sheet accounts
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Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and annual planning related to production and inventory costs
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Support annual audits, tax filings, and other financial reporting requirements
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Help maintain accounting procedures and internal controls around inventory and production
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Work with purchasing, operations, warehouse, production, and sales teams to resolve accounting and costing issues
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Assist with process improvements and system enhancements related to inventory and cost accounting
Qualifications
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6+ years of accounting experience, with cost accounting experience strongly preferred
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Experience in wine, beverage, food, manufacturing, or another production environment
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Strong understanding of inventory accounting, COGS, and production costing
- Strong Excel skills, including the ability to work with large data sets and build reports
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Ability to work closely with operations and production teams and translate operational activity into financial results