Cost Accounting Manager

Manage daily production accounting and monthly, quarterly, and year end cost accounting close processes including all required journal entries, analytical review of inventory and production costs (balance sheet and P&L), and explain cost driversIn partnership with key stakeholders, refine and document processes to define the standard cost of finished goods, and to validate and update standards to actuals as wines are bottledRefine and improve the valuation process for bulk wine, i.e. work-in-process inventory (grapes, allocated labor and overhead, and barrels), maintaining clear documentation to support financial adjustments to inventoryOversee inventory valuation by account and location, and research/resolve discrepancies, including partnering with Production teams to understand inventory activity and production variancesPartner with Logistics and Hospitality teams to ensure finished goods accuracy at 3rd party warehouses and Hospitality locations, including coordinating and conducting periodic full-physical inventory counts, auditing cycle counts, reviewing transfer processes, and validating inventory adjustments to ensure financial accuracyPartner with Planning team to identify Excess and Obsolete inventory, quantify risks, and recommend inventory reservesPartner with FP&A team to analyze and communicate cost drivers, trends, and variances for monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reportingLeverage our Oracle financial systems and Crafted/NetSuite production system to develop, test, and implement value-added reporting tools, ensure proper costing controls are in place, and identify and implement system enhancements to improve processes and efficienciesIdentify and drive continuous improvement initiatives across our business, with a goal of enabling our people to eliminate waste, better utilize talent and skills, and reduce time spent on manual processes