What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accountant position at CFS?
Title: Accountant/Cost Accountant
Salary: $75-80k
Location: Trumbull—4 days onsite
Why This Accountant Opportunity?
Salary: $75-80k
Location: Trumbull—4 days onsite
Why This Accountant Opportunity?
- 1 day WFH per week
- 8:00–4:30p schedule
- Summer Fridays – typically out around 12pm
- Enter and maintain purchase orders in our ERP (P21), keeping ship dates and quantities current as suppliers revise them so the inbound pipeline is always accurate.
- Receive POs and produce the transfer report and receiving package the internal team relies on.
- Chase down every landed-cost invoice before the container arrives, and verify ocean freight against the original quote.
- Build the landed cost allocation sheet and voucher supplier invoices with landed and fabric costs allocated correctly down to the SKU level.
- Own the monthly reconciliation of Landed Cost Clearing, Inventory Clearing, Foreign Vendor PO Deposits, Foreign Vendor Inventory Prepayments, and Prepaid Fabric, including clearing AP invoice balances against the prepayment accounts.
- Voucher all foreign-related invoices (container prepayments, deposits, fabric, PD samples, swatches) and set up international wire and ACH payments.
- Set up and maintain inventory items: FOB value, assigned supplier, measurements and cubes, descriptions.
- Process inventory adjustments and splits, and manage PD samples and QC inventory transfers.
- Issue the monthly inventory reports management uses to steer the business.
- Hands-on accounting experience in a product or inventory-based business
- Working knowledge of landed cost (freight, duty, and inbound charges)
- Experience with ERP systems and Microsoft Excel
Salary : $75,000 - $80,000