Senior Accountant

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