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Welcome to Proteus Digital Health, where we’re pioneering a new category of products, services and data systems based on ingestible computing. Our core technology – the digital health feedback system – provides an unprecedented view into an individual’s personal health choices and physiologic response. This care-altering feedback system enables patients to better manage their health, allows more effective collaboration with caregivers and clinicians, all while enabling new information-based business models.

What Amazon did with books, and Apple did with music, Proteus is poised to do with digital medicine. Come join our unique collection of innovative scientists, engineers, market makers, designers, doctors, developers, clinicians, and other digital health industry pioneers, and help us dramatically improve the lives of tens of millions across the globe.

Learn more about what we do (video): https://proteus.app.box.com/BuildersandInnovators

Job Title: Senior Cost Accountant

Team: Finance

Reports To: Assistant Controller

Location:  This position will split time between our Hayward, CA and Redwood City, CA offices.

The energy and culture at Proteus is a contagious mix of passion, focus, relentless determination, and serious fun. Proteans are mission-minded and collaborate in a way that’s refreshingly encouraging. With all of this comes success and then growth, which is why you’re reading this now because we are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Accountant.

The Senior Cost Accountant is a critical finance and accounting role supporting Proteus’s Operations. This role is primarily responsible for performing all functions of the standard cost system and providing analysis of item costing and inventory transactions, comparing actual costs to estimates, identifying reasons for variances and supporting the budgeting and forecasting process for manufacturing and distribution. This role may also be responsible for performing ad hoc projects, including providing financial analysis to evaluate special projects, programs, and products costing when necessary. Lead in developing and verifying data relevant to cost accounting and margin analysis. But it doesn’t end there. Here’s a summary of this great opportunity:

• Manage day-to-day inventory and cost accounting in Oracle, including preparation of related journal entries
• Review and maintain standard costs, including labor and overhead rates
• Review and maintain yields, touch times and costing routes in Oracle
• Perform period-end inventory module close in Oracle
• Perform period-end inventory reconciliations
• Perform period-end cost of goods sold analysis and reconciliations
• Prepare period-end inventory reporting package, including inventory valuation and trends, E&O requirements, inventory turns calculations and cycle count reviews
• Participate in periodic cycle count audits
• Work with Operations on inventory transactions and costing exercises
• Assist with SOX 404 and business process documentations
• Provide quarter-end and year-end audit support

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• 3+ years of cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Strong inventory management experience in a medical device environment preferred
• Oracle EBS 12i or other large ERP experience preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office, including knowledge of Excel with ability to use pivot tables
• Superb verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills along with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with small, cross-functional teams

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.

Physical/Mental Demands

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and/or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Ready for the ride of your life? We’re looking forward to receiving your resume!

We provide our employees with a great benefits package, which includes: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K, paid time off (PTO)—including your birthday off, employee stock options, a bright & awesomely designed physical work space, a complimentary wearable device (i.e. Fitbit), fitness centers, and, of course free snacks & beverages.

About Us: Proteus has received FDA market clearance in the U.S. and a CE mark in Europe for its wearable and ingestible sensor devices. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., Proteus is privately held and funded by Carlyle, Essex Woodlands, Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic, Novartis, Otsuka, Oracle, ON Semiconductor, and other investors.