Senior Accountant, Inventory & Cost (B-Corp, Tech for Good)

This is a remote-first role based anywhere in the United States. Preference given to candidates located in the Beaverton, OR area for occasional in-person collaboration

Join a mission-based team working to build a more sustainable future by eliminating global food waste.

Food waste is one of the biggest global issues of our time. More than a third of the world’s food is wasted. And one of our biggest opportunity zones is the foodservice and hospitality industries, where an estimated 28% of global food waste occurs.

Reducing food waste is a financial, sustainability, and moral imperative. At Leanpath, we are a group of diverse and passionate technologists, sustainability experts, culinarians, and analysts who come together to achieve our mission each and every day: to make food waste prevention everyday practice in the world’s kitchens.

We have an immediate need for a specialized Senior Accountant, Inventory & Cost to take ownership of our complex accounting operations. This role is a critical bridge between our finance, operations, and supply chain teams. This mid-level role is designed for someone who wants broad ownership in a scaling finance function.  We are searching for someone with cost accounting experience, specifically managing Bills of Materials (BoMs), Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) workflows, warranty allocations, and hardware asset capitalization. 

Reporting to our Controller and operating as an individual contributor with high visibility across the organization, this role will be instrumental in implementing a new inventory management system and building out our inventory accounting processes along with other key cost accounting operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate complex cost accounting variances into clear, actionable narratives for non-finance stakeholders
• Capitalize shipped inventory with appropriate treatment of shipping, labor, and overhead costs
• Own fixed assets and intangibles: depreciation, capitalization, and disposals
• Observe inventory counts and verify inventory returns
• Ensure Bills of Materials (BoMs) are current and accurately reflected in the ERP
• Validate supply chain data
• Convert RMAs back into inventory, allocate RMA costs to warranty, and manage warranty accruals
• Monitor and manage shipping cost recapture
• Manage SG&A accounting, payroll entries, and payroll tax and compliance reporting
• Track and explain margin performance and cost variances across the business
• Prepare and record prepaids, accruals, and department cost allocations
• Partner with leadership to support FP&A: budget cycles, scenario modeling, and data-driven insights
  

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years of cost accounting in manufacturing, hardware, or hardware-enabled SaaS
• Technical expertise in inventory valuation, BoMs, RMA workflows, and hardware asset capitalization
• Solid Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets
• Strong command of U.S. GAAP, specifically related to inventory costing and valuation, COGS, fixed asset capitalization and depreciation, and other SG&A
• Strong understanding of and experience in various inventory costing methods for management accounting and how those methods interact with U.S. GAAP and tax requirements
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain inventory reporting to non-accounting team members 

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA license and/or CMA designation
• Experience with NetSuite or Acumatica ERP and Salesforce CRM
• Experience in public accounting, particularly working with manufacturing companies
  

More about Leanpath & Our Team

Founded in 2004, we created the food waste measurement & technology industry. We’ve been recognized by our customers and the industry with awards including vendor and support team of the year awards from client partners Google and Sodexo, “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” award from Food Matters Live, and the “Technology for Good” award from the Global Good Awards UK, among others.

Our team is connected through our core values which are woven into our culture: drive and productivity, excellence, fairness, humility, kindness, and teamwork. We believe that diversity of team members and diversity of experiences makes us stronger. We support one another in becoming our best selves, and bringing our whole selves to work. We actively seek out the best talent, regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religious background, gender or gender identity, or sexual orientation. 

We offer our team members a flexible work environment with mostly remote working (some in-person meetings required). We fully pay for the employee’s health, vision, and dental insurance (with options to add family at your expense). We believe in health and balance and offer unlimited time off to recharge. Most importantly, we offer the opportunity to contribute to very meaningful work and solutions for our planet surrounded by kind and like-minded people.

Join us and be part of a team that’s creating a more sustainable future.

CompensationTarget: $100k