Are you friendly, dependable, and passionate about working with people? At Coborn's, Inc., we love serving our guests, supporting our communities, and helping our team members grow their careers. If you're looking for a place where you can build a future while making a positive impact every day, we'd love to talk to you about joining our team!
Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing, employee-owned grocery retailer proudly serving communities across the Midwest. Our family of grocery stores includes Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's Marketplace Foods, Sullivan's Foods, and Kessler's. We offer our guests an elevated shopping experience, both in-store and online, focused on freshness, value, and convenience. Guided by our company vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, this principle has fueled our growth for more than 100 years and is at the heart of everything we do.
Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy's Liquor, and Captain Jack's brands. In addition, we operate fuel kiosks and convenience store locations under the Little Dukes and Coborn's Express names. Many of our grocery stores also feature full-service pharmacies to support the health and wellness of our guests. We manage a variety of other retail businesses in markets where the fit is right, including Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, Godfather's Pizza, and Pet Supplies Plus. To support our diverse retail operations, we operate our own central bakery, fresh foods commissary, and grocery warehouse and distribution center.
Coborn's is seeking a strategic and detail-oriented Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant to lead and enhance our cost and inventory accounting functions across retail, distribution, manufacturing, and food production operations. In this newly created role, you'll serve as the organization's subject matter expert for product costing, inventory accounting, gross margin analysis, and operational financial performance while partnering closely with teams across the business.
This is an exciting opportunity to build scalable processes, strengthen inventory controls, and deliver meaningful financial insights that support operational efficiency, profitability, and future growth. As part of our employee-owned company, your contributions will directly impact business success and help create value for your fellow employee-owners. If you enjoy collaborating across teams, solving complex challenges, and making a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Senior Cost and Inventory Accountant, you'll play a key role in building and leading our cost and inventory accounting function while partnering with teams across the organization to drive informed business decisions. You'll combine financial expertise with operational insight to help improve profitability, strengthen inventory controls, and support the continued growth of our employee-owned company.
In this role, you will:
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Develop and maintain product costing methodologies across retail, distribution, bakery, commissary, and food production operations.
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Analyze costs, margins, and profitability to identify trends and opportunities that support strategic decision-making.
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Lead inventory accounting activities, including inventory valuation, reconciliations, month-end close processes, and financial reporting.
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Ensure inventory records are accurate and aligned with financial reporting requirements while investigating and resolving discrepancies.
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Partner with Distribution, Production, Merchandising, Retail Operations, and other business leaders to provide meaningful financial analysis and operational insights.
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Create reporting, dashboards, and key performance metrics that help leaders monitor inventory performance, profitability, and operational efficiency.
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Support budgeting, forecasting, business cases, and operational improvement initiatives.
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Strengthen inventory controls, coordinate physical inventory and cycle count programs, and assist with audit and compliance activities.
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Identify opportunities to automate reporting, enhance systems, improve processes, and leverage technology to increase efficiency and accuracy.
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Serve as a trusted business partner, providing financial guidance, actionable recommendations, and data-driven insights that support the success of our employee-owned company.
This is an opportunity to build something from the ground up. As Coborn's continues to grow and invest in its retail, distribution, bakery, commissary, and food production operations, we're establishing a dedicated cost accounting function to strengthen financial insight and operational performance.
In this role, you'll work directly with leaders across Finance, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Distribution, Production, and Retail Operations to develop costing methodologies, improve inventory processes, enhance reporting, and influence key business decisions. If you enjoy solving complex problems, partnering with operations, and creating scalable financial processes that drive business results, this role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn's, we're committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace, one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures.
Please find a list of many of our exciting benefits below:
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Medical & Dental insurance with Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
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Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) – yes, we're employee-owned! Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
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401(k) plan options – we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
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Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
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10% employee discount on grocery items, with additional franchise-specific discounts available at company-owned Ace Hardware, Caribou Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, and Pet Supplies Plus locations.
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Additional Voluntary Benefits – such as vision, accident and critical illness insurances
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Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance
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Get Paid Daily with DailyPay – for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
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Paid Military Leave
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Employee recognition programs with monetary rewards, including in-store vouchers, years of service, and employee of the month
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Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources – to assist our team members in living a life of wellbeing!
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year
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Access to a national discount marketplace for travel, electronics, auto/home insurance, entertainment and more!
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Tools, resources and opportunities for career growth and development
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Education benefits including tuition discount and scholarship programs
Education
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Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
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CPA, CMA, or other professional certification preferred.
Experience
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Five (5) to seven (7) years of progressive experience in cost accounting, inventory accounting, manufacturing accounting, financial analysis, or related accounting roles.
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Experience supporting food manufacturing, retail, grocery, distribution, or supply chain operations preferred.
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Experience with ERP, inventory management, warehouse management, or financial systems.
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Experience developing reporting, analyzing operational performance, and improving business processes.
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Experience supporting system implementations, process improvement initiatives, or cross-functional projects preferred.
What Will Make You Successful
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Strong understanding of cost accounting, inventory accounting, and GAAP.
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Ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
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Advanced Excel skills with experience using ERP and reporting tools.
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Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
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Strong communication skills and the ability to partner effectively across Finance and Operations.
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Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize work, manage multiple projects, and drive continuous improvement.
We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
