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Cost Accountant
Northwood Space
Torrance, USA
Full-time
Mid · 4+ years experience
Onsite
USD 112000-154000 yearly / year
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About Northwood
Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it.
Role
As our first Cost Accountant, you will build and own the cost accounting function as we scale our space infrastructure products from development into production. You will establish the processes, methodologies, and controls that give the company accurate visibility into inventory, COGS, and the true cost of building our hardware while owning the day-to-day cost accounting activities required to support the business today. Working closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program teams, you will create a scalable cost accounting foundation that supports a rapidly growing organization and increasingly complex manufacturing operations.
Responsibilities
- Build and own the company’s cost accounting function, establishing scalable processes, methodologies, controls, documentation, and reporting for inventory, standard costs, WIP, COGS, and manufacturing variances as production scales.
- Own cost accounting activities across month-end and quarter-end close, including journal entries, inventory and cost account reconciliations, accruals, variance analysis, and supporting schedules, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Develop and maintain standard costing methodologies across purchased and manufactured hardware; analyze purchase price, material, labor, overhead, absorption, scrap, and other variances to identify root causes and improve cost accuracy.
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