Founded in 2010, Semios Group is a leading agricultural technology company helping growers, agronomists, and ag retailers manage over 200 million acres across five countries. Semios pioneered variable-rate pheromone-based mating disruption in orchards and has since expanded into a comprehensive portfolio covering crop protection, water management, frost control, automation, and a leading farm management information system. We continue to drive the next generation of digital agriculture, supporting growers, agronomists and ag retailers in improving sustainability and profitability.

You’re looking for more than a role, you want to be part of a growing, forward-thinking company solving real-world challenges to improve how farming works, today and for the future.

The Senior

Accountant, Inventory & Cost Management plays a critical role in financial reporting and operational accounting, with a focus on inventory and cost accounting and analysis in a dynamic environment. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate inventory valuation, maintaining strong internal controls, and supporting financial reporting processes. The position also partners cross-functionally to improve inventory processes, ERP systems, and revenue-related inventory activities.

Success in this role requires curiosity, sound qualified judgment and a strong understanding of how operational activities translate into financial performance. The successful candidate will not only ensure inventory and COGS are accurately accounted for but will also provide meaningful analysis and insights to support business decisions.

Monthly Close Process: Collaborate and complete monthly, quarterly and year-end close procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements and management reporting, ensuring best practice and efficiency without compromising quality. The Monthly close process includes the preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, analytics and working papers to achieve and prepare the financial results.

Financial Analysis: Complete general ledger reconciliations and maintain balance sheet reconciliation files. Complete monthly Intercompany reconciliations and month end foreign exchange adjustments.

Statutory & Regulatory Compliance: Contribute to the year-end audit efforts, including close collaboration with external auditors, and assist with the production of year end statutory accounts.

Technical Accounting: Maintain the chart of accounts, an orderly accounting filing system, and a system of controls over accounting transactions, ensuring best practices and efficiency without compromising quality.



Ensure accounting practices align with accounting assertions, comply with company policies, and are in accordance with Accounting Standards. Adhere to internal control processes to ensure compliance with accounting policies and mitigate financial risks.

Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, and process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy in financial operations. Identify ad hoc accounting issues and improvements as they occur and recommend solutions. Complete special projects and other duties as assigned Support Finance team members as needed e.g.during periods of sickness or holiday Inventory & Cost Management and Analysis Cost of Goods Sold: Own the financial analysis and reporting of Cost of Goods Sold across all business lines.

Translate inventory and COGS activity into meaningful business insights. Explain the financial story behind inventory movements, gross margins and cost trends. Perform profitability analysis by product and business line and investigate unusual margin variances.

Inventory Valuation: Own the financial integrity of inventory valuation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Manage the costs associated with manufacturing, materials, labor, and other expenses, ensuring accurate financial control and recognition. Assess inventory valuation against accounting standards and business reality.

Monitor inventory reserves, obsolescence and recoverability. Plan, coordinate, and supervise inventory counts, ensuring reconciliation between physical and system records. Validate vendor statements and investigate discrepancies to ensure accurate reconciliation of physical inventories.

Monitor and analyze inventory movements to assess their financial impact and maintain precise inventory records. Identify cost accounting issues and recommend actionable solutions. Provide guidance and knowledge-sharing across teams, helping strengthen financial and operational awareness.

Act as a subject matter expert for inventory and COGS, mentoring colleagues and providing guidance to cross-functional teams to improve financial awareness and accounting consistency.

Finance Optimization & Improvement Initiatives:



Partner closely with the Business Operations and Finance teams to refine and optimize inventory coding structures and system setups, improving accuracy, efficiency, and scalability of inventory processes. Identify gaps in current inventory workflows and drive continuous improvement initiatives to streamline inventory management within the ERP system. Support ERP enhancements, implementations, or upgrades related to inventory and supply chain modules.

Revenue & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with the Revenue team to ensure both revenue and costs of sales are accurately recorded, including inventory-related coding for invoicing and revenue recognition. Review billing practices tied to inventory transactions to ensure alignment with accounting policies and operational workflows. 5+ years of accounting experience, including 2+ years of accounting experience in inventory management and/or cost accounting in an inventory intensive environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, challenge assumptions and translate financial data into meaningful business insights.

Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities for process improvement, influence change and implement practical, scalable solutions. High attention to detail with a commitment to quality, accuracy and meeting deadlines. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain and other business functions.

Ability to connect accounting outcomes with operational activities and communicate findings clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders. CPA/CMA designation (or equivalent professional accounting designation) required. Public practice experience working with manufacturing clients.

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Advanced Microsoft

Excel skills;

experience with Power BI is an asset.

Experience with inventory valuation, inventory analytics and profitability analysis.

Purposeful Work: Make a global impact by advancing sustainable food production. Generous vacation policy, company-paid holidays and year-end winter break.

Prioritize Your

Well-Being: Access comprehensive health plans designed to support your physical and mental health. Office location that is convenient via transit and bike paths We welcome all applicants regardless of race, gender, orientation, sexual identity, economic class, ability, disability, age, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, or status.

📌 Senior Accountant, Inventory & Cost Management (Vancouver)
🏢 Semios Technologies
📍 Vancouver