What you'll do:
- Develop and implement robust cost accounting policies, procedures, and controls to ensure accurate cost allocation, tracking, and reporting
- Manage the inventory costing process, including the documentation and update of costing methods for materials, labor, and overheads
- Coordinate with the FP&A and engineering teams to ensure the accuracy of Bills of Materials, capitalized inventory, and R&D expense
- Coordinate with the logistics team to oversee the annual physical inventory count and inventory cycle counts; including assisting with root cause/corrective actions
- Perform variance analysis of actual costs against expected costs in cooperation with financial analysts, investigating and explaining significant discrepancies
- Lead audit preparation and preparation of deliverables, as it relates to inventory, work-in-process, construction-in-process, and certain fixed assets
- Drive special projects to elevate the cost accounting function, such as ERP process enhancements and internal controls
- Lead and develop a team of 1-2 accountants
- Primary reviewer of account reconciliations and journal entries with accountability for related internal controls.
- Prepare and analyze all grant accounting revenue and expenses driven on a reimbursement basis, ensuring all documentation is audit-ready
- Drive improvements to processes and procedures
What we’re looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Accounting or similar field preferred
- Minimum of 7 years experience in Accounting, including a minimum of 5 years in supervisory role
- Experience with ERP Systems
- Proven experience as a cost accountant, cost analyst, or similar role, with a focus on data analysis and strong knowledge of cost accounting principles and practices
- Experience using a large ERP system
Bonus points for:
- Experience in an organization funded by government grants or contracts
Must-have Requirements:
- Perform extended activities such as stooping, climbing, typing, standing, sitting, etc.
- Willingness to travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call occasionally
- Work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead (Pb), high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics
Top Skills
What We Do
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has the fastest, lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. CFS is collaborating with MIT to leverage decades of research combined with new groundbreaking high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technology. HTS magnets will enable compact fusion power plants that can be constructed faster and at lower cost. CFS is now building SPARC, the world's first commercially relevant, net energy fusion demonstration device. SPARC will pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that will produce power on the grid. The ultimate mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. CFS has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by the world’s leading investors, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. If you are interested in joining our team, check out cfs.energy/careers for more information.
