Senior Accountant

Company: Beacon Resources
Location: Gardena
Posted on: June 20, 2022

Job Description:

Beacon Resources, in partnership with our client near Gardena, CA, seeks a Senior Accountant to join an e-commerce home furnishings company.Job (General Description)- This Senior Accountant will take ownership of the entire accounting process. You will perform full-cycle accounting, managing all financial closes and reporting, ensuring correct journal entries and reconciliations, supervising payables/receivables, and working with the CPA firm on audit and tax matters. You will be reporting to an Accounting Manager.Our client will hire a Senior Staff Accountant who is ready to take the next step in his career.The position is open due to the growth of the company.Job Site Status (Remote/Mixed/Onsite) - The hired accountant will be working on site a couple of days/week. Culture - You will join a company with a heavy emphasis on teamwork and helping each other outside of their expected roles. There is a cadre of extremely intelligent people at the company with big ambitions for the company. The company is growing and expects a doubling of revenue within the next couple of years.Compensation/Benefits- Starting salary for this role starts at $85,000/year and increases DOE. Our clients supplement base compensation with a bonus; Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage options. There are an unlimited # of PTO days. SENIOR ACCOUNTANT DUTIESGeneral Ledger (G/L) Accounting

• Perform all month-end closes (bank reconciliations, journal entries, journal entry adjustments, support schedules)
• Produce all monthly financial statements to present to the accounting department
• Help audit the balance sheetOperational Accounting
  • Assist in all payroll matters
  • Lead the Accounts Receivable (A/R) process, including collection of due invoices, cash applications, and credit research
  • Set up internal and external accounting controls (defining accounting policies and procedures, establishing internal controls, and manage external audits (sales tax, personal property tax, workers compensation, etc.)
  • Review expense reports
  • Maintain MS Excel schedules of prepaid and deferred expensesInventory Accounting
    • Participate in all month-end closes involving inventory issues
    • Input Journal Entries and Account Reconciliations into the General Ledger (G/L) as it involves inventory and fixed asset issues
    • Support all other accounting personnel in physical inventory counts, including shrink counts
    • Ensure all inventory counting and fixed asset assessment procedures comply with all relevant internal control systems
    • Research all workable solutions to improve inventory accounting processes, including ways to reduce shrink counts
    • Analyze variances in inventory between stated and actual countsRoyalty Accounting
      • Perform royalty analysis, in accordance with GAAP
      • Input all royalty figures into MS Excel
      • Read contracts to calculate/recalculate royalty payments for year-end closes
      • Prepare royalty statements (input into system, send invoices, etc.)
      • Perform financial analysis on current and past royalty statementsMiscellaneous
        • Assist in any tax related tasks
        • Accept any other ad-hoc duties as necessarySENIOR ACCOUNTANT QUALIFICATIONSRequired
          • At least three (3) years of substantive General Ledger (G/L) accounting experience
          • Bachelor's in accounting or Business Administration with an Accounting focus or equivalent work experiencePreferred
            • CPA
            • Public accounting experience
            • Experience in a Consumer Products Goods (CPG) environment SENIOR ACCOUNTANT SKILLSRequiredTechnical
              • Expert-Level proficiency in Microsoft Excel (v-lookups, pivot tables, IF Formulas) requiredInterpersonal
                • Ability to meet deadlines, multi-task efficiently and take ownership as the go-to accounting professional in the company
                • Must be willing to develop and grow with the company and have the desire to take on more responsibility
                • Must have strong verbal and written skills PreferredTechnical
                  • Proficiency with QuickBooksFor further information, submit your resume in MS Word format to me. I will hold all inquiries in the strictest confidence.

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