Senior Cost Accountant

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats. 

CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com.

Role Overview:

Chaos Inc is growing quickly and we’re building a cost accounting team that can keep up with a fast moving, production driven environment. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands on setting, where processes are being built and refined, and where your work directly impacts how the company scales.

The Senior Cost Accountant I will be deeply involved in the day to day flow of inventory and manufacturing transactions, ensuring accuracy in a high volume, highly manual environment while helping establish the foundation for more efficient and scalable operations.

Responsibilities: 

• Own and execute high-volume cost accounting transactions, including inventory movements, production entries, and cost-related journal entries
• Support month-end close, including inventory reconciliations, subledger to GL reconciliation, and manufacturing related accruals
• Execute and review cost accounting transactions in a high volume, manual environment
• Investigate manufacturing variances and partner with operations to resolve discrepancies and improve accuracy
• Review and validate Bills of Materials (BOMs) to ensure accurate and reliable product costing
• Analyze and resolve manufacturing variances (material usage, purchase price, production inefficiencies)
• Partner closely with Operations, Production, Supply Chain, and Warehouse teams to ensure accurate inventory flow and resolve issues quickly
• Support cycle counts and physical inventory, including investigation and resolution of variances
• Assist with audit readiness, ensuring documentation and processes are well supported
• Help build and improve processes in a manual environment, with a focus on scalability and efficiency
• Gross margin analysis and cost driver insights
• Flux analysis across inventory, COGS, and production activity
• Investigating and resolving cost fluctuations, with visibility to leadership

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in cost or inventory accounting within manufacturing and R&D environment
• Strong understanding of inventory flow and transactional accounting
• Experience working in manual or high volume environments
• Ability to understand the production environment and the associated financial processes
• Knowledge of supply chain, receiving, inventory flow, operations process and manufacturing principles
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills
• Advanced Excel skills and strong attention to detail

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in defense and/or aerospace manufacturing environments
• Experience supporting inventory audits and controls
• Exposure to ERP systems and process improvement initiatives

Why CHAOS?

• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 250 employees and counting across 5 global offices

The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. 

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