Senior Inventory Accountant

Are you obsessed with data, partner success, taking action, and changing the game? If you have a whole lot of hustle and a touch of nerd, come work with Pattern! We want you to use your skills to push one of the fastest-growing companies headquartered in the US to the top of the list. 

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon,  Walmart.com ,  Target.com , eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit  pattern.com or email [email protected] .

Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®.

We need an Senior Inventory Accountant to spearhead the optimization of our global inventory, acting as the critical boots on the ground problem-solver tasked with leading high-impact projects that resolve the daily complexities of a million moving pieces. This is a chance to use your advanced manufacturing and cost accounting expertise to directly influence the financial trajectory of a hyper-growth company. This will be a full-time role based in Lehi, UT.

What is a day in the life of a Senior Inventory Accountant?

• Join with the Accounting, Operations, and FinTech teams to support P&L and BS-related Inventory management, as well as strategic analysis from both a financial and operational point-of-view


• Help prepare monthly flux variance analyses 


• Lead projects and initiatives focused on inventory controls and integration activities


• Document and maintain inventory control processes, including physical inventories, offsite inventory balances, subledger accuracy and SOX compliance 


• Collaborate with Supply Chain Finance Director and other partners to develop, document, and execute monthly accounting activities, such as JE, account reconciliations, accruals, and reporting


• Apply advanced manufacturing and cost accounting experience to all inventory processes, ensuring financial accuracy


• Utilize strong analytical and critical thinking skills, often using Excel and querying tools (NetSuite/Snowflake), to manage the complexity of the business and mitigate risks


• Demonstrate adaptability and an action bias, responding quickly to the daily shifts and high-volume growth environment

What will I need to thrive in this role?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting


• 7-10 years experience in Manufacturing and/or cost accounting


• Sophisticated knowledge of GAAP in relation to inventory including experience with SOX compliance and physical inventory/cycle counts


• Excellent MS Excel skills


• ERP experience required; strong preference for NetSuite/Snowflake experience


• Manufacturing or e-Commerce distribution industry experience, Big 4 audit experience, and public accounting experience preferred


• Experience with AI tools preferred

What does high performance look like?

• Acts as a proactive problem solver and critical thinker, successfully leading complex, ad-hoc projects to fix broken inventory processes (which represent 90% of the job)


• Drives continuous process improvements and quickly adapts to the constantly changing operational landscape and high-volume growth environment


• Serves as an effective middle layer of management and uses FP&A experience to accurately inform reporting, successfully bridging the gap between inventory accounting and operations


• You follow through with all assignments in a timely manner


• You give 100% to all tasks and projects you are given


• You will take full ownership of your projects and follow through to completion 

What is my potential for career growth?

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  This role will provide opportunities to expand your scope, potentially evolving from a critical individual contributor into a middle layer management position. This is a growth and expanding business function. Exceptional performance may also open pathways to serve in a more specialized role as the team continues to grow. 

What does success look like in the first 30, 60, 90 days?

• First 30 days: Focus on completing onboarding and establishing a foundational understanding of the business's complex global inventory flow and marketplace operations. They will establish key working relationships with the Supply Chain Finance Director and Operations partners in the Lehi office while assuming initial responsibility for global Amazon reconciliations and assisting in documenting core SOX compliance procedures.


• By 60 days: Begin owning the collaboration with the Supply Chain Finance Director and partners to develop, document, and execute monthly accounting activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and reporting. They will start providing consistent "boots on the ground" support in Lehi for brand management, EDI projects, and physical inventories, while preparing monthly flux variance analyses.


• By 90 days: Lead at least one key ad hoc project focused on fixing a systemic inventory problem, demonstrating the critical thinking and adaptability required for the role's 90% problem-solving mandate. They will formally document and finalize improvements to inventory control processes, successfully bridging the gap between inventory accounting and ops finance by using their FP&A experience to inform reporting.

What is the team like?

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  You will work with the other Finance & Operations team members at all levels, supervised by the Supply Chain Finance Director. This team is data driven and results oriented. You will collaborate regularly with members of your team to implement actionable solutions. Ideas and input are encouraged from all members.

Sounds great! What’s the company culture?

• We are looking for individuals who are:


• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.


• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.


• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.


• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to tåhe team as well as to partners.

What is the hiring process?

• Initial phone interview with Pattern’s talent acquisition team


• Video interview with a hiring manager


• Video Interview with Finance and Operations leader


• Video Topgrading Interview


• Onsite interview with the VP of Accounting


• Professional reference checks


• Executive review


• Offer

How can I stand out as an applicant?

• Discuss professional accomplishments with specific data to quantify examples


• Provide insights on how you can add value and be the best addition to the team


• Focus on mentioning how you would be partner obsessed at Pattern


• Share experience on any side projects related to data and analytics

Why should I work at Pattern?

Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in the ecommerce industry! We are a company full of talented people that evolves quickly and often. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and we love our Pattern community. We also believe in having fun and balancing our lives, so we offer awesome benefits that include:

- Unlimited PTO

- Paid Holidays

- Onsite Fitness Center

- Company Paid Life Insurance

- Casual Dress Code

- Competitive Pay

- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

- 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred. 

Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.