Lead Accountant

Lead Accountant Reports To: Senior Manager, Accounting Position Type: Full-Time Location: Santa Clara, California, with five days per week in the office. About the Role The Lead Accountant is a high-impact role for an intellectually curious, technically strong accounting professional who wants broad ownership and meaningful influence in a complex, scaling global business. Reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager, this individual will lead critical aspects of the monthly close and financial reporting across the general ledger, inventory, manufacturing cost, and intercompany eliminations. The role combines rigorous accounting, data-driven problem solving, and cross-functional partnership, with opportunities to improve systems and controls, advise business partners, and develop into a broader finance leader. What You’ll Own and Influence Inventory and Cost Accounting Lead monthly inventory subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, resolve complex variances, and deliver accurate journal entries, analyses, and close support. Calculate and account 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. Develop insightful analyses of inventory movements, cost changes, manufacturing variances, yield, scrap, and excess and obsolete inventory; translate findings into clear recommendations for Operations and Supply Chain leaders. Support inventory reserve, write-off, and disposition analyses, as well as physical inventory counts and related audit documentation. General Ledger Own payroll, bonus, and other complex accruals, including supporting calculations, controls, and variance analysis. Prepare and review high-risk monthly account reconciliations, investigate unusual activity, and drive timely resolution of open items. Lead bank reconciliations and cash-related accounting, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, speed, and control. Intercompany Own monthly intercompany accounting and eliminations across international subsidiaries, investigate imbalances, and partner with global stakeholders to resolve issues. Audit Controls and Business Partnership Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for internal and external audit requests. Maintain process documentation and control evidence for key areas of the close activities. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve upstream data quality, resolve transaction issues, and explain financial statement impacts clearly. Design and automate scalable accounting processes—including the responsible use of AI-enabled tools—while maintaining sound review, documentation, and control procedures. What Will Make You Successful Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA strongly preferred. Eight or more years of progressive accounting experience, ideally in a complex manufacturing, semiconductor, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environment.