Senior Accountant, Inventory Accounting

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🕒 May 20

🏈 Ohio – Remote

🏈 Ohio – Remote

💵 $67k - $87k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Accounting Manager

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Cengage Group

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5001 - 10000 employees

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

☁️ SaaS

💰 Private Equity Round on 2023-06

Education • eCommerce • SaaS

Cengage Group is a global education technology company dedicated to enhancing learning experiences. With over 100 years of service, Cengage provides affordable and high-quality digital products and services that help learners become job-ready. Their offerings support various educational goals, including reskilling, upskilling, degree attainment, and language learning, ensuring access to quality education for individuals of all backgrounds and abilities.

📋 Description

• Lead and coordinate the offshore inventory accounting team, ensuring accurate, timely execution of reconciliations, transaction processing, and control activities • Own the quality and completeness of offshore results, providing direction, review, and ongoing coaching to drive consistency and accountability • Ensure inventory transaction flow integrity and compliance with US GAAP and SOX controls across SAP S/4HANA and JD Edwards • Coordinate and support month-end and quarter-end close by validating offshore outputs, resolving issues, and partnering with the broader accounting team • Support audit activities by ensuring offshore-prepared documentation and analyses are complete, accurate, and audit-ready • Identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency, standardization, and control execution across inventory operations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field • 5+ years of inventory accounting experience, including valuation and reconciliation. • Strong understanding of US GAAP (ASC‑330; familiarity with ASC‑606 is a plus) and SOX controls, with expertise in accounting and reconciliation principles, particularly in relation to inventory operations. • Proficiency in ERP systems—SAP S/4HANA and JD Edwards E1 preferred • Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets • Ability to build and maintain complex queries; PowerBI development experience is beneficial • Experience with Blackline or similar reconciliation/reporting tools a plus • Passionate about delivering accurate, timely results with meticulous attention to detail.

🏖️ Benefits

• Cengage is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process.