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# manage inventory — Accountant

For an Accountant, 'managing inventory' isn’t about *physically* counting boxes – it’s about ensuring the financial records accurately reflect what inventory a company owns and its associated cost. Daily tasks include reconciling physical counts (from warehouse staff or cycle counts) with perpetual inventory records in the accounting system, investigating discrepancies like shrinkage or obsolescence, and calculating Cost of Goods Sold (COGS). You'll be heavily involved in month-end close processes, specifically inventory valuation – applying methods like FIFO, LIFO, or weighted average. Tools used are primarily the ERP system (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite etc.), Excel for analysis, and potentially specialized inventory management software interfaces.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: EconStor (open-access economics/finance literature).
