Senior Accountant (Cost and Manufacturing Accounting)

Join Neuralink as a Senior Accountant, where you will build the foundation of our cost accounting function in a complex, vertically integrated manufacturing environment. You will establish how we capture, allocate, and report manufacturing costs, and work directly with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Software teams to shape the accounting requirements of our internally developed ERP and manufacturing systems. This role requires 7+ years of accounting experience, including technical accounting research and documentation, and a Bachelor's degree or above in accounting.

• Establishing and improving processes for capturing, allocating, and reporting manufacturing costs in a complex manufacturing environment.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate product manufacturing processes into practical accounting processes, including tracking materials, inventory movements, labor, and overhead.
• Researching complex U.S. GAAP matters and preparing clear technical memoranda and accounting policies related to inventory and manufacturing costs.

• 7+ years of accounting experience, including technical accounting research and documentation
• Accounting experience in manufacturing, hardware, medical device, or other physical-product businesses
• Experience with inventory, product costing, and cost of goods sold
• Ability to research an unsettled question, reach a position under U.S. GAAP, and document the analysis and supporting evidence clearly for audit review
• Ability to work independently and partner fluently with Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations and Software, translating how the product is built into cost centers and cost data
• Bachelor's degree or above in accounting
• Willingness to perform detailed accounting work while building scalable processes, with the ability and desire to navigate ambiguity at a high-growth company
• CPA or CMA designation
• Big Four, public accounting, or formal technical accounting group experience
• Experience preparing audit-ready documentation and supporting external audits
• Experience defining accounting requirements for ERP implementation, configuration, or in-house development, particularly inventory and costing functionality, and an understanding of how data flows from BOM to PO to receipt to the ledger
• Experience designing, documenting, or testing internal controls over financial reporting, including management testing of controls
• Experience in complex or vertically integrated manufacturing environments, including robotics, medical devices, or advanced hardware
• Experience at a company transitioning from development to commercial manufacturing
• Experience with standard costing, variance analysis, or absorption costing
• Technical accounting experience with internal-use software and cloud computing capitalization or revenue recognition
• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills