The role you're interested in... The Staff Accountant plays a critical role in the preparation and delivery of monthly financial statements for Premier Nutrition. This role will work cross-functionally with departments such as Finance, Logistics, Sourcing, external vendors, and IT to ensure financial transactions are recorded timely, accurately and in accordance with GAAP. This role will also help advise business units on all Accounting matters including the identification of accruals and classification of expenses. Finally, they will serve as an Accounting liaison to Bellring Brands, both as a partner in the monthly close process as well as providing audit detail and support. This role reports into our Accounting Manager.
The work environment...So, what's it like to work here? If you're based in the greater Bay Area, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Tuesday morning and start the in-person portion of our hybrid work week at our weekly all-company meeting and find close to 200 of your colleagues, some sitting with their dogs, talking excitedly through the week ahead and watching a newer teammate tell their personal life and career journey followed by a quick update on any hot topics that might be relevant to the week ahead.
We are a dynamic, HYBRID workplace, with an expectation that all employees come into the office Tuesday through Thursday. We are very intentional about connecting in person for things like innovation, impromptu collaboration, having respectful challenges to get to better decisions, leadership role-modeling, and culture building. Great work cultures are built on stories about what great looks like in practice, and great stories during virtual meetings just don't happen. The expected pay scale for this role is $85k to $95k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
At the beginning of 2026, we moved into our massive modern 133,000 square foot headquarters in Emeryville, California, complete with spacious personal workspaces, gym with rock-climbing wall, a café, free onsite parking, tons of greenery, and many transportation options.
You're excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with... Monthly close process: 50% of TIME
- Execute month end close process, including preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual corporate system uploads
- Record monthly accruals and prepaids, both timely and accurately (areas of focus include freight, rebates, inventory, and other COGS)
- Perform General Ledger account reconciliations with appropriate support
- Provide flux analyses and insights into business drivers for both P&L and balance sheet accounts
Audit 15% of TIME
- Responsible for maintaining SOX procedures and ensuring controls are effective
- Support and provide all audit requests
- Develop, Improve, and document relevant accounting process narratives
- Participate in process walkthroughs with both internal and external auditors
Compliance/Filings: 10% of TIME
- State recycling redemption filings
- Provide retail resale certificates
- Calculate and file property taxes, business licenses, state registrations
- Supply 1099's and other misc. filings/surveys
The daily stuff that everyone does but few quantify: 25% of TIME
- Host & attend meetings and presentations
- Participate in company-wide activities and events galore
- Impromptu conversations with colleagues
- Administrivia like email, calendaring, expense reports, and other non-value-added work
What are we looking for? Education:
- BS, BA in Accounting/Finance required or equivalent direct relevant experience
Experience:
- Minimum 2+ years of accounting experience required (demonstrated knowledge of GAAP accounting).
Skills and mindset:
- Team player with excellent customer service and strong communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment; self-motivated and detail oriented
- Organized, manages time to meet deadlines, and able to multi-task
- Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office, especially Excel and NetSuite are preferred
- Attention to detail, data integrity, and accuracy
- Ability to work with limited supervision
What the work is like:
- You'll spend a significant portion of your day working on a computer, reviewing data, creating reports, communicating with partners, and joining virtual and in-person meetings
- This role requires frequent and ongoing use of a keyboard, mouse, phone, and other office technology
- You'll regularly navigate multiple systems at once, analyze detailed information, and shift between competing priorities and deadlines
- You'll communicate regularly with team members, cross-functional partners, external partners, and leaders through meetings, Outlook based email, messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams, and presentations
- Occasional movement around the office may be required for meetings, collaboration, and team activities
- May occasionally lift or move office materials weighing up to 10 pounds
So, if after reading through this long list you're thinking-I'm not sure I meet 100% of these requirements, should I still apply? YES-if you embody a growth mindset, see challenges as opportunities to develop, and find innovative ways to get the real work that matters done, you sound like our kind of candidate!
The 5 capabilities or mindsets most relevant to this role:- Drive and own results
- Learning & growth mindset
- Adaptability
- Be a builder
- Challenge ideas respectfully
You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if...
- You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
- You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don't make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
- You enjoy making people-centric decisions and finding ways to say 'yes' as often as possible to impactful and important priorities for the business or team
- You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
This may not be your ideal next career move if...
- You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over email or instant messaging
- You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day even if non-strategic
Here's the deal with our not-so-standard, um...standard interview process because we know you are the curious type, which is why you're still reading this...- Quick 30 min phone chat with a high energy member of our Talent Acquisition team to do a quick overview of your background and answer any burning questions you have
- Team interviews are kept to a minimum to foster a more efficient, candidate-friendly process (too many interviewers yields little value and drags out the process for you-and who wants that, right?):
- A short series of in-person or video interviews in a 1:1 setting; these are usually with the hiring manager, one or two other team members, and a person from another team to get broader perspectives (note: we don't do panel interviews because they don't give interviewers a chance to ask you unique questions, and we assign interviewers different roles so we're probing different capabilities)
- A case study or job task to simulate what you'd actually be doing in the role might be included (since your job is not actually to be interviewed for a living, why is that the thing companies rely on so much?) Yes, there will be a small panel for this one so you don't have to do it more than once, and yes, they might ask you some kind yet probing questions at the end after the raucous applause stops.
- Once your interview concludes, the team will meet for an in-depth consultative process to ensure we are hiring the right person for the right job. Interviewers must come in with a strong yes or no vote beforehand to avoid groupthink with supporting reasons. The collective thoughts on your candidacy will be discussed in an environment of safety to challenge ideas respectfully, debate. and be open to all important qualifications of the candidates. A trained, disinterested bias blocker will be present to help mitigate bias so the team can make a sound hiring decision. The moment of truth arrives when the hiring manager makes the big decision. If you nailed the interviews and the case study was brilliant, guess what? The offer is all yours! And the ball is in your court. Will you accept? We sure hope so, because this place is the real deal, and don't just believe us-just ask the 91% of our people who said this is a great place to work in our most recent employee survey.
