Senior Inventory Accountant

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list. 
Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email press@pattern.com.
Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.

We need an Senior Inventory Accountant to spearhead the optimization of our global inventory, acting as the critical boots on the ground problem-solver tasked with leading high-impact projects that resolve the daily complexities of a million moving pieces. This is a chance to use your advanced manufacturing and cost accounting expertise to directly influence the financial trajectory of a hyper-growth company. This will be a full-time role based in Lehi, UT.

What is a day in the life of a Senior Inventory Accountant?

• Join with the Accounting, Operations, and FinTech teams to support P&L and BS-related Inventory management, as well as strategic analysis from both a financial and operational point-of-view
• Help prepare monthly flux variance analyses 
• Lead projects and initiatives focused on inventory controls and integration activities
• Document and maintain inventory control processes, including physical inventories, offsite inventory balances, subledger accuracy and SOX compliance 
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Finance Director and other partners to develop, document, and execute monthly accounting activities, such as JE, account reconciliations, accruals, and reporting
• Apply advanced manufacturing and cost accounting experience to all inventory processes, ensuring financial accuracy
• Utilize strong analytical and critical thinking skills, often using Excel and querying tools (NetSuite/Snowflake), to manage the complexity of the business and mitigate risks
• Demonstrate adaptability and an action bias, responding quickly to the daily shifts and high-volume growth environment

What will I need to thrive in this role?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting
• 7-10 years experience in Manufacturing and/or cost accounting
• Sophisticated knowledge of GAAP in relation to inventory including experience with SOX compliance and physical inventory/cycle counts
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• ERP experience required; strong preference for NetSuite/Snowflake experience
• Manufacturing or e-Commerce distribution industry experience, Big 4 audit experience, and public accounting experience preferred
• Experience with AI tools preferred

What does high performance look like?

• Acts as a proactive problem solver and critical thinker, successfully leading complex, ad-hoc projects to fix broken inventory processes (which represent 90% of the job)
• Drives continuous process improvements and quickly adapts to the constantly changing operational landscape and high-volume growth environment
• Serves as an effective middle layer of management and uses FP&A experience to accurately inform reporting, successfully bridging the gap between inventory accounting and operations
• You follow through with all assignments in a timely manner
• You give 100% to all tasks and projects you are given
• You will take full ownership of your projects and follow through to completion 

What is my potential for career growth?

• This role will provide opportunities to expand your scope, potentially evolving from a critical individual contributor into a middle layer management position. This is a growth and expanding business function. Exceptional