POSITION SUMMARY
BYLT Basics is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our growing finance team. This role covers general accounting — month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial reporting — along with ownership of the accounts payable function and corporate card program. We're looking for an experienced accountant who takes ownership of their work and brings initiative, comfortable operating in a fast-paced omni-channel environment, and interested in leveraging AI and automation tools to improve how we work.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Manage day-to-day general ledger activity, including journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications, with accurate account coding.
- Lead or support the month-end close process, including close checklists, accrual entries (e.g., rent, prepaids, corporate card spend), allocation entries, and close-package documentation.
- Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, including bank accounts, prepaids, accrued liabilities, fixed assets, and the accounts payable and corporate card sub-ledgers.
- Perform system to system reconciliations for data validation within ERP system.
- Reconcile bank feed activity, investigate variances, and clear reconciling items in a timely manner.
- Own the accounts payable cycle: invoice intake, approval routing, vendor payments, recurring payments, and monthly close-out of the AP sub-ledger against the general ledger, utilizing Ramp as the AP automation tool.
- Administer and reconcile the corporate card program, including monthly accruals for unsubmitted spend, expense coding review, and card-to-GL tie-outs.
- Manage vendor records, including new vendor setup and periodic cleanup of duplicate or inactive records.
- Leverage 3-way-match to validate and pay supplier invoices, including multi-line and split-shipment purchase orders, for both domestic and international vendors.
- Prepare and analyze account-level reports to support management reporting and audit requests.
- Assist with technical accounting matters as needed (e.g., lease accounting, reserve calculations, etc.).
- Support external audit and tax preparation with schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation, including vendor 1099 tracking and filing prep.
- Identify and drive process improvements across accounting and accounts payable workflows, with a focus on accuracy, automation, and internal controls.
- Proactively identify opportunities to apply AI and automation tools to accounting and AP processes, improving efficiency and reducing manual, repetitive work.
- Ad hoc projection involvement for ongoing growth and initiatives
SYSTEMS & CROSS FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION
- Operate primarily within our ERP and accounts payable/expense management systems, including report building and system configuration specific to our workflows.
- Serve as a key point of contact for accounts payable and corporate card questions, including system sync issues, approval routing, and card program administration.
- Collaborate with the broader finance and operations team on system integrations as they relate to accounts payable and general ledger activity.
- Work cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, and warehouse teams to resolve receipt, shipment, and billing discrepancies tied to vendor invoices.
- Support ad hoc reporting requests from finance leadership.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required; CPA or progress toward CPA a plus.
- 5+ years of general accounting experience, including month-end close and account reconciliation ownership; experience in apparel, wholesale, retail, or CPG preferred.
- Experience managing accounts payable and corporate card programs, including invoice processing, vendor payments, and monthly card reconciliations.
- Hands-on experience with an ERP system (e.g., NetSuite) and an AP automation or corporate card platform (e.g., Ramp).
- Netsuite and Shopify experience is highly preferred.
- Strong Excel and reporting skills, with the ability to build and interpret account-level reports.
- Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, month-end close processes, and account reconciliation best practices.
- Experience with wholesale/drop-ship order flows a plus.
- Experience with system integrations across retail platforms (e.g., e-commerce, warehouse management) is a plus.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Clear communicator, comfortable working cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and external vendors.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, and handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
NOTE
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.
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