Staff Accountant, Inventory

Role: Staff Accountant, Inventory Team: Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain Scope: Individual Contributor, P2 Years of Experience: 3+ years Location: Ventura, CA or Reno, NV / Hybrid General Summary As the Staff Accountant, Inventory, you support the execution of inventory accounting processes through accurate transaction processing, reconciliations, and documentation. This role is critical to ensuring reliable month‑end close and maintaining clean, well‑supported inventory balances. You will work closely with senior team members to learn inventory and cost accounting fundamentals while developing an understanding of how inventory flows through systems and financial statements. This position is well suited for a self-driven and curious individual who is dedicated to our purpose as a company: We’re in Business to Save Our Home Planet. What You’ll Do: Prepare inventory movement journals, adjustments, and routine reclassifications Support month‑end close activities across multiple entities Prepare and maintain balance‑sheet reconciliations for inventory‑related accounts Assist with reserve schedules and supporting documentation Support physical inventory counts and follow‑up investigations Monitor exceptions and discrepancies and escalate appropriately Maintain organized, audit‑ready support for assigned accounts Identify opportunities to improve documentation, processes, and efficiency Who You Are: Detail‑attentive: You take pride in accurate, well‑supported work Curious: You want to understand how inventory moves and why it matters Reliable: You follow through and meet deadlines consistently Collaborative: You work well with others and ask questions early Adaptable: You adjust as priorities and business processes shift Values‑driven: You align your work with Patagonia’s mission and values Experience You Bring: BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent additional experience) 3-5 years of work experience in accounting, finance, or a related field. Direct inventory exposure is preferred but not required. Advanced Excel proficiency and comfort working with data Experience with ERP systems preferred Foundational knowledge of U.S. GAAP Desire to grow technical accounting knowledge over time Experience and exposure working with Microsoft D365 a plus Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines Clear, concise communicator with strong attention to detail and accuracy Hiring Range: $77,000-$83,500 USD Annual At Patagonia, pay ranges are assigned to a job based on the location specific market median of similar jobs according to 3rd party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary for several reasons including skills/capabilities, experience, and available budget. Note the full pay range for this role ranges from: $65,200-$102,700 USD Annual. The Hiring Range reflects where in the range we intend to hire for this role. Benefits Patagonia offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, retirement and leave of absence plans. Benefit plans may vary slightly depending on the nature of your employment. Workplace Location Overview This position is Hybrid, with a standard schedule of Tuesday - Thursday on-site at either our Ventura, CA or Reno, NV offices and remote work on other days. Occasional additional office visits may be required for team events or critical meetings. Employee Conduct It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers and vendors. Job Post Updated 5/5/26 Equal Employment Opportunity All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law. Patagonia’s Mission Statement Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. Our Reason for Being Patagonia grew out of a small company that made tools for climbers. Alpinism remains at the heart of a worldwide business that still makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing, snowboarding, surfing, fly fishing, paddling and trail running. These are all silent sports. None requires a motor; none delivers the cheers of a crowd. In each sport, reward comes in the form of hard-won grace and moments of connection between us and nature. Our values reflect those of a business started by a band of climbers and surfers, and the minimalist style they promoted. The approach we take towards product design demonstrates a bias for simplicity and utility. For us at Patagonia, a love of wild and beautiful places demands participation in the fight to save them, and to help reverse the steep decline in the overall environmental health of our planet. We donate our time, services and at least 1% of our sales to hundreds of grassroots environmental groups all over the world who work to help reverse the tide. We know that our business activity – from lighting stores to dyeing shirts – creates pollution as a by-product. So we work steadily to reduce those harms. We use recycled polyester in many of our clothes and only organic, rather than pesticide-intensive, cotton. Staying true to our core values during thirty-plus years in business has helped us create a company we're proud to run and work for. And our focus on making the best products possible has brought us success in the marketplace.