ABOUT THE ROLEThe Senior Staff Accountant owns core accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial information across the organization. Reporting to the Controller, this role maintains the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, serves as the accounting owner of the company's ERP system (NetSuite), supports tax and audit functions, and partners with leadership to evaluate budgets, forecasts, and actuals. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and continuously looks for ways to improve processes.
A DAY IN THE LIFEFinancial Reporting & Close
- Maintain accounting operations including monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closes.
- Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and recurring entries, as part of the monthly close.
- Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, researching and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Sync with all departments to ensure financial statements are produced timely, accurately, and efficiently.
- Partner with leadership to evaluate, update, and review monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets, forecasts, and actuals.
- Identify areas of improvement and implement more efficient processes.
Accounts Receivable & Payable
- Oversee and maintain Accounts Receivable functions, including wholesale customer invoicing and recording customer deposits.
- Work with the Wholesale team to resolve discrepancies and identify items requiring collections.
- Support Accounts Payable by managing new vendor setup and entering bills accurately and on time.
ERP System Ownership
- Own and oversee all accounting functionality and processes within the ERP system.
- Review, update, and improve processes to produce more efficient and accurate data within the ERP and connected systems.
Tax & Audit Support
- Support audits through year-round maintenance of records and production of reporting and data for auditors.
- Serve as backup for monthly sales tax reporting and remittance, coordinating with third-party teams for accurate, timely filing.
- Maintain complete vendor information to prepare and file annual 1099s.
- Serve as backup for the review and preparation of annual property tax filings and remittance.
Analysis & Ad Hoc Reporting
- Determine financial statement impact for company initiatives, including technical research and developing new processes as needed.
- Review and analyze expenses, monitoring variances against budget and identifying cost-savings opportunities.
- Conduct margin review and analysis to support pricing, profitability, and management decision-making.
- Prepare budgets, forecasts, and other analysis and ad hoc reporting.
- Stay current on new accounting pronouncements to ensure ongoing company compliance.
WHAT YOU'LL NEEDRequired Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle month-end close.
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP and general ledger accounting.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite (or a comparable ERP/accounting system).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, large data sets).
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications- CPA or progress toward CPA licensure.
- Experience in a wholesale, retail, or consumer products environment.
- Exposure to sales tax, property tax, and 1099 reporting.
- Experience improving or automating accounting processes within an ERP.
Key Competencies- Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
- Ownership mindset and ability to work independently.
- Clear cross-functional communication and collaboration.
- Continuous-improvement orientation toward processes and systems.
- Sound judgment handling confidential financial information.
