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Manufacturing Finance & Inventory Operations Manager

Shinkei Systems· Finance
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El Segundo, CA$130k - $160kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Bridge between operations and finance responsible for inventory integrity, operational financial controls, standard costing, and manufacturing variance analysis in a hands-on manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own month-end inventory close processes across raw materials, WIP, and finished goods
  • Ensure timely and accurate closure of purchase orders, receipts, inventory transfers, and sales orders
  • Reconcile inventory movements, adjustments, yield loss, and scrap
  • Partner with operations teams to improve ERP transaction discipline and inventory accuracy
  • Maintain inventory subledger integrity and support reconciliation to the general ledger
  • Review inventory discrepancies, negative inventory balances, and operational exceptions
  • Support implementation and optimization of ERP workflows and inventory controls
  • Build and maintain standard costing methodologies for raw materials, packaging, labor, freight, processing, and cold storage
  • Develop and maintain product-level and batch-level COGS models
  • Create labor, freight, and materials standards and perform variance analysis against actuals
  • Analyze purchase price variances, manufacturing variances, and gross margin drivers
  • Support pricing decisions and operational improvement initiatives through financial analysis
  • Partner with operations to improve yields, throughput, and cost efficiency
  • Build operational finance KPIs and reporting dashboards
  • Support forecasting, budgeting, and financial planning activities
  • Assist with audit readiness, inventory procedures, and investor reporting
  • Collaborate with leadership on scaling operational and financial infrastructure

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in manufacturing finance, cost accounting, inventory accounting, supply chain finance, or operational finance roles
  • Experience working in manufacturing, food processing, protein, CPG, industrial, logistics, or distribution environments
  • Strong understanding of inventory accounting, standard costing, variance analysis, and operational financial controls
  • Experience with ERP systems such as QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP or similar
  • Advanced Excel / financial modeling capabilities
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with operations and leadership teams
  • Comfortable operating in fast-paced startup or scaling operational environments

Skills

Required:Inventory accountingStandard costingVariance analysisERP systems
Last updated Sep 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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