Cerebras · 11 hours ago
Senior Cost Accounting Manager
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years expCerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, providing industry-leading training and inference speeds for machine learning applications. The Senior Cost Accounting Manager will support Finance and Operations, managing end-to-end cost accounting processes and collaborating with leaders across various departments.
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Responsibilities
Assess, capitalize, and allocate inventory rebates
Evaluate and allocate wafer manufacturing yield losses
Capitalize operational costs and manufacturing overhead, ensuring accurate classification for variance analysis
Book monthly facilities allocations
Accrue and capitalize freight and tariff costs monthly
Prepare monthly inventory reconciliations and post all related journal entries
Record and reconcile inventory-in-transit accruals
Ensure proper inventory classification across Raw Materials (RM), Work-in-Process (WIP), and Finished Goods (FG)
Coordinate physical inventory counts with Operations and external auditors
Optimize and drive efficiency and accuracy in the accounting close process for inventory and other manufactured assets
Track and analyze FG movements to ensure correct accounting for COGS, RMAs, RMA replacements, and internal deployments to PPE
Review COGS transactions for completeness and accuracy
Perform gross margin flux analysis and partner with Operations to investigate key drivers
Support internal and external audit requests related to inventory and cost accounting
Collaborate with Operations to validate inventory movements, yields, and system accuracy
Support inventory count validations working cross functionally with operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
CPA or CMA required with knowledge of GAAP, inventory accounting, costing methodologies, and fixed assets
7+ years of progressive cost accounting experience in manufacturing, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environments
Up to 3 years of Big 4 early career experience will be viewed favorably
Strong experience with NetSuite and advanced Excel skills
Excellent communication skills
Strong computational and analytical ability
Capacity to quickly derive insights from high volume manufacturing and inventory-related transactions
Proactive and detail-oriented
Comfortable owning end-to-end cost accounting processes
Ability to work with high volumes of unstructured data and create appropriate data structures to provide insights
Able to think systematically and optimize processes
Able to ramp quickly, identify gaps, and take ownership
Hands-on, detail-oriented, and execution-focused
Strong cross-functional communicator with sound judgment
Company
Cerebras
Cerebras Systems is the world's fastest AI inference. We are powering the future of generative AI.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.82BKey Investors
Alpha Wave VenturesVy CapitalCoatue
2025-12-03Secondary Market
2025-09-30Series G· $1.1B
2024-09-27Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Andrew Feldman
Founder and CEO
Bob Komin
Chief Financial Officer
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