Head of Accounting

April 25

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11 - 50

Description

• Principal ownership of accounting service delivery for a portfolio of client companies including the management of multiple internal and external accounting teams in the provision of weekly, monthly, and year-end accounting activities • Ability to speak comfortably and accurately to matters at the intersection of GAAP, accounting, and client operations with both internal and external constituencies including client executives, boards of directors, commercial contacts, and external CPA’s • Maintains a deep and fundamental understanding of how each client’s operations translate into specific numbers on the profit and loss and balance sheet; demonstrates mastery of GAAP, materiality, and each client’s level of conformity • Management of team staffing resources to ensure timely, accurate deliverables; but also balanced workloads, client rotation, and growth and development opportunities. Offering subject matter expertise and fostering an ask-me-anything, learning-first work environment • Leads and contributes to the development and management of processes to ensure timely and accurate delivery of all periodic reporting, client onboarding, audits, and other deliverables with an emphasis on continuous improvement, process reassessment, development, and streamlining • Leadership in the development and management of client knowledge base standards including client process documentation, and internal accounting standards, processes, training materials, and guides • Ability to ‘see’ beyond the surface and uncover unseen accounting issues; assess client financial operations and identify areas for improvement and optimization; institution of new processes, and solutions, and elevation of important findings to the broader team as teachable moments or case studies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. MBA or CPA desired • 10+ years of progressive experience building accounting and financial operations and leading accounting teams for 10MM+ ecommerce and/or retail companies, or: equivalent experience leading client facing teams within the financial services/accounting industry • Mastery of GAAP and its application to supply chain management, inventory, logistics, and revenue and expense recognition, all in an ecommerce environment • Expertise required in ERP systems, QBO and Netsuite desired; Excel; Shopify and Amazon Seller Central; project management tools; additional Saas and systems used in a modern financial operations environment • Must be professional and polished and able to present complex financial information in language readily understandable by a variety of internal and external constituencies • Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams; Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Benefits

• PTO - 15 days during the first year • 401(k) & company match (3%) >>> US only • Annual performance bonus • We offer a budget for external courses and training • Annual company retreat • Fully remote role