About this role
Senior Corporate Accountant (CPG / Brand Development)
*Join our finance team* and become the ultimate guardian of our financial operational health! We are an innovative North American *B2B brand developer* with a strong North American presence, creating and launching unique brands. By cultivating direct relationships with premier manufacturers around the world, we bring exciting products to the North American market at scale.
We are looking for a *detail-oriented, analytical Senior Corporate Accountant* who loves unraveling complex data sets and managing international financial moving parts. In this role, *you won't just match spreadsheets*?you will play a key part in managing our Accounts Receivable function, including following up on customer payments, managing and resolving customer deductions, obtaining supporting documentation, and maintaining accurate customer accounts. You will also support commissions, royalties, inventory accounting, and the month-end closing process, working closely with Sales, Customer Service, and other teams to resolve customer and accounting issues.
If you possess Sage 300 and Excel mastery and want a seat at the table where your insights directly fuel our brand expansion, we want to meet you.
Where You?ll Make an Impact
Accounts Receivable, Deductions & Trade Programs
- Manage the full Accounts Receivable lifecycle, including monitoring outstanding balances, following up on customer payments, recording receipts, and ensuring payments are accurately applied.
- Investigate and resolve major retailer deductions, including trade promotions, pricing discrepancies, shortages, chargebacks, and other customer-related deductions.
- Review and reconcile customer accounts to identify discrepancies and ensure timely resolution.
- Calculate and reconcile monthly sales commissions accurately and within established deadlines.
- Calculate and report global brand royalties in accordance with applicable agreements.
- Work closely with Sales and other internal teams to resolve customer account and deduction issues.
Month-End Close & Financial Reporting
- Prepare accurate and timely journal entries as part of the monthly close process.
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations and investigate outstanding or unusual items.
- Support and help streamline the monthly financial close process.
- Prepare monthly financial statements and management reports to provide visibility into company and brand performance.
- Analyze financial results with budget ,previous period and identify significant trends, discrepancies, and variances.
- Support year-end audit preparation, including schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation, and auditor requests.
- Ensure accounting records and processes comply with established company policies and accounting standards.
Additional Accounting Responsibilities
- Prepare and reconcile monthly broker/sales commission reports, including calculating commissions and posting the required entries.
- Calculate and reconcile quarterly brand royalties in accordance with applicable agreements and prepare the related reports and entries.
- Set up and maintain customer accounts in the accounting system, ensuring customer information, pricing, terms, and other required details are accurate.
- Prepare ad hoc financial and management reports and analysis as required by management
Inventory & Manufacturing Cost Accounting
- Reconcile inventory balances between the accounting system and physical inventory, investigate discrepancies, and post the necessary adjustments to ensure inventory records are accurate.
- Prepare and post Bill of Materials (BOM) and assembly entries and ensure inventory costs and quantities are accurately reflected in the accounting system.
- Investigate inventory discrepancies and work with Operations and other departments to identify and correct the underlying issues.
- Review inventory-related entries and reports to ensure transactions are properly recorded and po