Senior Cost Accountant

At Element Biosciences, we are passionate about our mission to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment. We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant who will play a pivotal role in delivering timely and accurate cost accounting information to finance and operations management.  This is an incredible opportunity for someone who is passionate about cost accounting and is committed to contributing to the success of a dynamic, fast-growing organization. We are looking for candidates with a solid background in cost accounting who can apply their skills to both existing products and new product introductions. This role will report to the Assoc. Director of Finance Operations and will be a San Diego based role.

If you possess the following and want to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to explore this role.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintain Standard Costing.
• Perform cost roll-ups for new inventory items. Review for accuracy and reasonableness.
• Maintain Labor and Overhead rates.
• Monitor and reconcile inventory accounts.
• Analyze variances between standard costs and actual costs, investigating causes of variances.
• Assist in the annual physical inventory counts and valuation.
• Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, manufacturing, and accounting, to gather cost-related data
• Assist with external audits related to cost accounting.
• Support the implementation of new financial systems or upgrades as needed.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis as required by management.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline with a minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
• In-depth knowledge of standard costing, variance analysis, and cost allocation.
• Working knowledge of accounting standards and relevant legal regulations
• Effective communication, organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure.
• Intermediate Excel level required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word
• Excellent math skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit and/or stand at a work station for long periods of time.
• Ability to move objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Location:

• San Diego, CA

Travel: 

• n/a

Job Type:

• Full-time, Exempt

Base Compensation Pay Range:

• $104,600 - $137,400

In addition to base compensation noted above, you will be eligible for stock options, discretionary annual bonus, no cost health insurance plans, 401k with company match, and flexible paid time off. 

Please note: Base compensation will depend on multiple factors, including geographic location, qualifications, and experience. 

We foster an environment such that all people are afforded the freedom to pursue their passions without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.