The Cost Accountant / Cost Analyst owns Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) analytics, builds actionable unit economics, and partners cross-functionally to optimize cost-to-serve for Cvent’s platform. The role translates complex cost drivers into clear insights, improves forecast accuracy, and delivers measurable gross margin expansion.
In This Role, You Will:
• Own monthly COGS analytics and close support, including accruals, reclasses, reconciliations, and executive commentary by product, region, and cloud.
• Build drive-based cost models for hosting/infrastructure, payments/chargebacks, onsite delivery (labor, equipment, consumables, logistics), and trade-of-service/ad delivery tied to consumption and revenue mix.
• Define and track unit economics such as cost per customer onboarding, cost per attendee check-in, cost per 1,000 streaming minutes, merchant fee per $ GMV, and cost per venue lead; publish automated dashboards and alerts.
• Create margin bridges and a cost taxonomy that clearly attribute variances to price, mix, volume, and efficiency; convert insights into concrete actions and savings roadmaps.
• Partner with FP&A, Accounting, Client Services, IT/Infra, Product, and Procurement to forecast COGS, negotiate cost levers, and sequence savings initiatives without degrading SLAs.
• Establish benchmarks and rate cards; identify cost outliers and structural opportunities (architecture, vendor terms, staffing models, routing, kit mix) and track actions through to realized savings.
Here's What You Need:
• 8–10 years in cost accounting, cost analysis, or operations finance within SaaS, payments, marketplaces, or tech-enabled services.
• Strong cost accounting fundamentals: activity-based costing, variance analysis, accruals/reserves, capitalization vs expense principles, and practical awareness of revenue recognition interactions.
• Advanced modeling in Excel and practical SQL for data extraction, joins, and reconciliation; ability to build and automate BI dashboards (e.g., Sigma/Tableau/Power BI).
• Demonstrated experience building unit economics frameworks and delivering tangible cost savings across hosting, payments, onsite, or marketplace delivery contexts.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management; proven track record converting analysis into decisions and measurable results.
• Bachelor’s in accounting, Finance, Economics, or Engineering; Master’s preferred. CMA or CPA strongly preferred.