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Senior Operations Accountant

Cerebras· Corporate
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Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Operations Accountant to support monthly close and financial reporting for inventory, manufacturing cost, and global lease portfolios. Role includes reconciliations, journal entries, analyses, and process improvements across Inventory, Lease Accounting, and Audit Controls, partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Facilities, AP, and Financial Reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Own monthly inventory subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, investigate variances, and prepare related journal entries and close support.
  • Calculate and account for inventory rebates, wafer manufacturing yield losses, manufacturing and facilities allocations, freight, tariffs, and other inventory-related costs in accordance with company policy.
  • Monitor inventory classification across raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, including inventory held at contract manufacturers and other third-party locations.
  • Analyze inventory movements, cost changes, manufacturing variances, yield, scrap, and excess and obsolete inventory; partner with Operations and Supply Chain to investigate and resolve issues.
  • Support inventory reserve, write-off, and disposition analyses, as well as physical inventory counts and related audit documentation.
  • Execute monthly accounting for Cerebras's global data center and office lease portfolio under ASC 842, including journal entries, reconciliations, rollforwards, payment schedules, and flux analysis.
  • Support the review of new, modified, and terminated lease arrangements and coordinate accounting conclusions with the Lease Accounting Manager and Technical Accounting.
  • Maintain lease population completeness by partnering with Facilities, Procurement, Legal, and Accounts Payable to identify new agreements, amendments, terminations, and payment changes.
  • Prepare quarter-end lease schedules and support financial statement disclosures and the SEC reporting process.
  • Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for internal and external audit requests related to inventory, manufacturing cost, and lease accounting.
  • Maintain process documentation and control evidence for key inventory and lease close activities.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to improve upstream data quality, resolve transaction issues, and explain financial statement impacts clearly.
  • Improve and automate recurring processes, including the responsible use of AI-enabled tools, while maintaining appropriate review and control procedures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  • Four or more years of progressive accounting experience; experience in manufacturing, semiconductor, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environments is preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including inventory valuation and costing under ASC 330 and lease accounting under ASC 842.
  • CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
  • Strong NetSuite and Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling; experience with Power Query, lease accounting systems, or similar automation tools is a plus.
  • Ability to analyze large and sometimes unstructured datasets, document conclusions, manage competing priorities, and meet close deadlines.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with finance and operational stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Inventory accountingLease accounting under ASC 842GAAP knowledgeNetSuite and Excel
Last updated Sep 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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