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Vital Farms · 18 hours ago

Cost Accounting Manager

United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $135K/yr

5+ years exp

Vital Farms is a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. The Cost Accounting Manager will be responsible for developing and improving the company’s cost of goods sold and inventory accounting processes while collaborating with various teams to drive improvements and ensure compliance with regulations.

AgricultureFarmingFood and BeverageOrganic Food

Responsibilities

Own the entire standard costing process including but not limited to periodic rate reviews, new product cost development, annual cost builds & rollups, & cost audits

Manage & summarize month end variances & understand their drivers. Own the capitalized variance capture & amortization process

Partner with Plant Controller, & FP&A to understand ECS overhead rates & related monthly variance & recommend actions if material variances are noted

Work closely with Plant Controller team to ensure production & inventory transactions are completed prior to period end activities & gain insights into variances or issues seen

Drive constant improvement of costing accuracy, forecasting and overall visibility of our egg and butter COGS

Support year end audit activities with our internal & external audit partners & participate in year-end physical inventory

Continuously evaluate and streamline processes and reports, working closely with the team to drive change enhancing improvements

Develop, implement, and monitor internal control processes and procedures and ensure compliance with SOX and other regulatory requirements

Be the subject matter expert on costing and drive continuous improvement

Develop deep understanding of production processes and material sourcing

Proactively identify and raise costing and process improvement opportunities

Provide leadership and training to the cost team

Collaborate with FP&A, cross-functional teams and senior management on special projects, strategic initiatives and other ad-hoc analyses/projects as needed

Support reconciliation of inventory volumes across third party manufacturing and storage facilities to ensure accuracy and alignment with financial and operational records