POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title & Reporting Relationships
Position Title:
Senior Accountant
Reports to:
Accounting Manager
Brands:
SHG - Outerknown, Firewire Surfboards, Slater Designs
Department:
Accounting
Oversees:
GL accounting
Interactions:
Accounting and Finance, various departments related to GL transaction inquiries
Main Purpose and Major Challenges of the Role
Perform daily accounting functions in a dynamic, ever-changing environment, demonstrating flexibility and sound judgment to make timely business decisions. Foster a collaborative team culture by supporting colleagues, adapting to evolving priorities, and working together toward shared goals while maintaining a strong focus on safeguarding Company assets.
This role is hybrid with a 4 day in-office expectation at our HQ in Carlsbad, CA.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
General Ledger Maintenance and Close
- Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare various monthly journal entries relating to areas such as inventory, direct-to-consumer transactions, intercompany, fx, monthly provisions, leases, etc
- Prepare monthly accruals and estimates
- Own commissions and royalty process (contract review, calculation, communication, etc)
- Maintain fixed asset register and depreciation schedules
- Review and approve work product of other team members prior to posting in the general ledger
- Provide financial reporting analysis for month-end flux analyses
- Review and approve AR/AP/GL postings as needed
- Prepare/print physical checks as needed
- Review mail received for vendor invoices, government letters, or other important documents
- Provide assistance in responding to various government agency letters
- Partner with Accounting Manager to improve and accelerate month-end processes
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Audit Support
- Prepare PBC schedules as requested by auditors
- Provide support as needed for audit inquiries
- Other Ad Hoc Audit requests as deemed necessary
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Personal Measurables
- Assists in developing the team by effectively teaching, training, and actively listening to team members
- Collaborates comfortably with other department leaders and responds to all requests quickly and thoroughly
- Jumps in to assist team members as needed
- Independent thinker and challenges the status quo to constantly strives to improve processes
- Values all people must be treated equally, respectfully, and fairly
- Problem solver and embraces every challenge head on recognizing the opportunity to improve a situation or conflict
- Detail and solution oriented in nature and leadership style
- Passionate about sustainability and has a genuine desire to take care of our planet
- Patient and empathetic to your team, and people, value varying learning styles and experience and willing to invest in everyone on the team
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Accounting is required
- 3-5+ years of experience participating in a high-performance accounting team
- Prior public accounting experience preferred
- Excellent time management skills and sense of urgency
- Ability to recognize and react quickly and with ease to changing work demands
- Goal oriented with an ability to stay focused on creating winning results and teams
- Advanced Excel experience required
- Full Circle and Acumatica experience preferred