At Bend Bioscience, our core values shape how we work, lead, and grow together. We are a High Science, High Service, people-centered company committed to advancing human health. Our team thrives on being authentic, curious, and accountable while staying flexible, collaborative, and driven by care. We challenge the status quo, pursue excellence, and maintain a relentless focus on delivering real impact.

Whether you are in the lab, on the floor, or behind the scenes, your work at Bend Bioscience will matter. You will join a team that values continuous learning, bold thinking, and doing the right thing even when it is difficult.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Prepare and maintain cost accounting records, including tracking labor and overhead, and allocate fixed and variable costs to ensure accurate product costing in compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
• Perform monthly variance analysis across raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods.
• Prepare financial reports including margin analysis, product profitability assessments, and site-level performance insights; recommend process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Design, implement, and monitor internal controls within financial reporting and broader business operations.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning by building models, assessing profit and loss impacts, and delivering insights to leadership.
• Conduct financial and operational variance analysis, benchmark against historical results and forecasts, and provide actionable insights to guide decisions.
• Operating and capital investment opportunities using financial models and scenario planning; partner with cross-functional teams to assess profitability of products, services, and projects.
• Utilize ERP and financial data systems to ensure accurate reporting and transparency; build spreadsheets and dashboards to communicate results effectively.
• Collaborate with operations, supply chain, and commercial teams to ensure accurate cost allocation, provide decision support, and identify opportunities for performance improvement.
• Review and update cost accounting methods, financial processes, and planning practices; promote automation and best practices to improve accuracy, efficiency, and data integrity.
• Apply understanding of industry success factors to inform decision-making, maintain adaptability to support organizational change, pursue learning opportunities, and foster strong business relationships.
• Lead annual product cost updates, assess inventory and profitability impacts, and develop new product costing to support business proposals.

What You Will Bring to the Role

Education

• Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Preferred: Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

Experience

• Minimum Required: 3 or more years of progressive experience in Cost Accounting and/or Financial Analysis.
• Preferred: Experience in manufacturing, CDMO, or life sciences environment.

Travel:
May be required to attend conferences, seminars, training courses, team meetings, or visit sites to support business understanding and analysis.

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