Senior Cost Accountant

Job overview

The Senior Cost Accountant role is an onsite, full-time position in Austin, TX; compensation is not specified. The role supports Base Power Company’s accounting team as it builds the financial systems and processes for a growing hardware-plus-energy business. This position develops and maintains cost accounting practices and inventory accounting processes, helping ensure accurate financial data during production ramp-up and battery deployments. Its analysis and cross-functional work support operational decisions and the company’s effort to build a more resilient electricity grid.

What you'll do

• Support standard costing for materials, labor, and overhead
• contribute to inventory accounting system and process design, including bills of materials, routings, and item master governance
• document cost accounting policies under US GAAP
• resolve inventory discrepancies and improve controls
• support inventory valuation, reserves, and capitalization
• analyze production variances
• support physical inventory counts and month-end close
• account for deployed battery systems
• and explain inventory and costing practices to business partners.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior cost accountant

full-time

austin tx

base power company

cost accounting

inventory accounting

standard costing

us gaap

month-end close

erp

battery systems

manufacturing operations

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role offers an opportunity to help build the cost accounting function and its systems from the ground up. The posting states that the company works in person and that priorities may evolve in a startup environment.

About the employer

Base Power Company is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Accounting Services. Sector: 54.