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Senior Accountant, Cost Accounting

Bedford, MA

Posted: 09/10/2026 Industry: Accounting and Finance Job Number: 19552 Security Clearance: NA / not required Work Model: On-site

Job Description

Title: Senior Accountant, Cost Accounting
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering

Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type

  • Duration: Full-Time, Permanent
  • Pay rate: $90,000–$130,000 annually
  • Job Location: Bedford, MA
  • Work Model: 100% onsite
  • Schedule: Monday – Friday, 1st shift
  • Job#: bh19552

Description:
We are seeking a Senior Accountant with cost accounting and inventory experience to join the finance organization of a publicly traded medical device company.

This role is ideal for an accounting professional who enjoys working closely with manufacturing, operations, and supply chain and has a strong understanding of inventory accounting, standard costing, manufacturing variances, and financial controls.

You’ll support a specialized product division while playing a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of inventory and cost-of-sales reporting.

What You’ll Do
  • Maintain and analyze inventory valuation for raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods in accordance with U.S. GAAP
  • Analyze manufacturing variances, including labor, overhead, material usage, and purchase price variances
  • Review inventory transactions, including receipts, transfers, and adjustments
  • Reconcile and maintain inventory records and investigate discrepancies
  • Perform inventory and cost-of-sales analysis to support quarterly audits
  • Participate in annual physical inventories and cycle count programs
  • Monitor inventory valuation and identify risks related to excess and obsolete inventory
  • Develop inventory, operational, and product-line reporting
  • Prepare and analyze inventory performance metrics and tissue yield reporting
  • Support financial and operational analysis for a specialized product division
  • Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to improve inventory processes, workflows, and controls
  • Prepare transfer pricing analysis supporting global business policies
  • Support SOX compliance and internal control initiatives
  • Participate in ERP and process improvement initiatives

What We’re Looking For
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred
  • 4+ years of professional accounting experience
  • Experience in cost accounting, inventory accounting, or a closely related function
  • Strong understanding of inventory accounting and standard costing
  • Experience working with ERP systems
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs
  • Experience in a publicly traded or SOX-regulated environment strongly preferred
  • Manufacturing or medical device experience preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and FP&A
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple priorities

Why This Opportunity?
  • Join an established publicly traded medical device organization
  • High-visibility role supporting inventory, costing, and financial reporting
  • Opportunity to work directly with Operations, Supply Chain, and FP&A
  • Exposure to global accounting, SOX, transfer pricing, and audit activities
  • Competitive salary of $90K–$130K, based on experience
  • Full-time, permanent position in Burlington, MA


If you’re a cost accounting professional with strong inventory and manufacturing exposure and are looking for an opportunity to expand your impact, we’d like to hear from you.

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