Senior Manager of Cost Accounting

Hilco Vision is an industry leading global eyewear/eye care company delivering comprehensive solutions to customers, built on a platform of innovation and operational excellence. Our goal is to take pain points away from our customers’ lives, increasing simplicity and making our customers successful. Hilco has direct subsidiaries in the USA, UK, Germany, Australia, China, and the Netherlands, and our product portfolio is concentrated on five primary product categories: Professional Tools, Vision Protection, Consumer Accessories, Lenscare and Eye Care.

Hilco Vision is searching for a Senior Manager Cost Accounting to join our Accounting & Finance team. This individual will report directly to the Corporate Head of Accounting and will have the opportunity to greatly impact and improve costing and inventory processes within a growing business. We are looking for someone who is excited to work with a high volume of inventory transactions and prioritize workload in a very fast-paced environment. Additionally, we are open to this individual being located in our headquarters in MA or our facility in Fairfield, OH, occasional travel is required.

If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you! 

A little Bit About You:

• 10 years of relevant cost accounting experience, including 3 years of Manager level experience
• Vast understanding of and experience working with warehouse and fulfillment operations
• Extensive warehouse and inventory systems experience
• Able to be hands on while also being analytical and strategic 
• Thorough and complete knowledge of full cycle inventory accounting
• Experience with product inventory (both purchased and manufactured) levels exceeding $50M and 10K plus SKU
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing to all levels of the organization, including Executive leadership team
• Ability to think critically and research ad hoc accounting or operational issues
• Have strategic experience, vision and leadership skills to scale with the business
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• ERP Experience, M3 a plus 
• Experience w/ Power BI preferred
• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or related field
• Experience overseeing inventory for multiple entities globally

What You’ll Do and How You'll Make an Impact: 

• Lead all aspects of the inventory accounting process, including costing and control for both high-volume merchandised inventory and manufactured inventory for thousands of SKU
• Oversee and improve the month-end closing of inventory and COGS
• Oversee inventory/costing module of ERP design maintenance
• Support the warehouse management system improvement
• Supervise and grow the inventory accounting team as needed to scale
• Collaborate with the warehouses, merchandising, and accounts payable teams on processes design and improvement to ensure proper accounting and reporting for the current business and future growth
• Work with the fulfillment team to improve inventory control process
• Partner with warehouse and operations during physical annual inventory count process
• Ensure proper and accurate classification of inventory and costs to general ledger
• Oversee the preparation of and review monthly roll forwards, journal entries, reconciliations and reporting for inventory accruals, obsolescence, cost of goods sold, freight and analysis, KPI’s and ratios
• Oversee gross margin analysis for manufactured and purchased SKU for variance analysis and cost improvements
• Oversee all components of manufactured items including materials, labor and overhead
• Oversee all freight cost of purchased items including Duty, freight and Insurance (DFI)
• Manage global inventory reserve analysis including Excess and Obsolete inventory
• Ensure compliance with GAAP accounting, performing research as needed
• Prepare/review schedules and support for audit requests and other executive reporting requests
• Lead and support departmental and organizational strategic initiatives to support fast-paced growth

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, and 401K
• Resourceful EAP program 
• PTO and paid holidays 
• Employee referral bonus
• PPE provided by the organization 
• Significant opportunity for career growth