[Hiring] Senior Accountant, Inventory & Fulfillment @Hungryroot

Role Description

Hungryroot is looking for a motivated Senior Accountant to join our rapidly evolving Accounting function. This person will report to our Senior Accounting Manager to support:

• Accounting close activities
• Weekly inventory reporting
• Weekly fulfillment cost reporting
• Drive growth and improvement objectives

This role is critical in ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting operational decision-making, and improving how we track, value, and reconcile inventory across the business. You will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, FP&A, and Warehouse teams to strengthen processes and drive meaningful insights.

The ideal candidate has a deep desire to learn, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and is excited to make an impact at a mission-driven company.

Responsibilities

• Perform monthly close activities related to inventory, including reconciliation of GL to subledgers across all locations, goods in transit and COGS analysis tied to product cost, spoilage and inventory adjustments.
• Perform monthly close activities related to fulfillment, including reconciliation of GL to subledgers across all locations and vendors.
• Track weekly actuals for COGS and fulfillment costs, and work with FP&A team to compare actuals versus budget.
• Maintain average costs of inventory for all SKUs, including the actual purchase price of all purchased SKUs and landed costs for all SKUs.
• Own accounting for all landed costs (freight, duties, taxes) including allocating through standards and analyzing/allocating actuals.
• Perform quarterly analysis of actual purchase price plus landed costs for all SKUs, and provide explanations for significant variances, as well as propose updates to pricing, if applicable.
• Work with category leads on developing total landed cost of all new purchased SKUs.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations to validate inventory purchases, variance drivers, and material usage.
• Partner with Fulfillment and Outbound Shipping teams to understand all costs and vendors associated with respective costs.
• Provide actionable insights on inventory levels, turns, slow-moving SKUs, and operational efficiency.
• Support cycle counts of inventory; identify root causes of discrepancies and recommend process improvements.
• Strengthen internal controls related to inventory accuracy, cost tracking, and reporting.
• Analyze inventory aging reports and review potentially excess and obsolete inventory, including overseeing the financial control over disposal and write-off of inventory.
• Participate in forecasting and budgeting for inventory, COGS and fulfillment costs as needed.
• Assist with audit requests, such as preparing supporting documentation and schedules.
• Maintain process documentation and look for opportunities to automate and improve daily accounting processes.
• Build and present ad-hoc reports to support monthly analyses as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field required.
• 3-5 years experience in a related finance and/or accounting role.
• 1+ years of Inventory accounting experience.
• Strong accounting knowledge including US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Experience with Netsuite or other enterprise accounting ERP systems.
• Ability to work both independently and with a collaborative team.
• Ability to take initiative and meet deadlines.
• Advanced-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Nice-to-have Skills

• E-commerce, CPG, DTC industry experience.
• Public company experience (audit and/or industry roles).
• CPA, preferably including public accounting experience.

Benefits

• Remote-first: work from home, work from our NYC office, work from anywhere in the U.S. - you decide!
• Equity.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Universal paid parental leave.
• Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries.
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance.
• 401k with Company Match.
• A work from home stipend to support your initial home-office setup.

Expected Pay Range

$75,000 - $110,000

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The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Our mission to help make healthy eating easy, accessible, and joyful is better served by a diverse workplace. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. We have zero-tolerance for harassment or discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected class.