Shoes for Crews Looking for Inventory Accountant at United States, Florida, Boca Raton Full Time

Position Summary: Overall, support the Mission, Vision, and Culture of Shoes for Crews. This role will be responsible for leading all accounting activities for the inventory cycle, including accounting, analysis, valuation, record keeping and internal controls activities. This includes developing financial analysis around inventory, recording, and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ensure the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of month end close activities for inventory at multiple locations and related inventory reserves
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, or annual journal entries related to inventory, in-transit inventory, warehouse transfers, shrinkage, and inventory reserves, as well as month end account reconciliations
• Assist with the coordination, execution, and reconciliation of the annual physical inventory and cycle counts
• Work closely with operations and other cross-functional teams to ensure that all inventory transactions flow through Netsuite correctly
• Maintain, analyze and update estimates for landed cost, including periodic true-ups as needed
• Assist in the documentation and maintenance of inventory sub-processes, including internal controls relating to classification, inventory counts, shipping and receiving
• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure ensuring that policies and procedures conform with GAAP Principles
• Prepare year-end audit packages and interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits along with senior accounting management
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form, with department co-workers, internal, and external customers
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and field partners
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• Combination of public accounting and corporate accounting experience (1-3 years in mid to large size public accounting firms or corporate accounting experience in industry with company revenue of > $200M) Minimum 4-5 years experience
• Ability to work within a high velocity, autonomous and demanding culture
• Solid oral and written communication, technology and analytical skills
• Understanding and proficiency with account reconciliations, month end close, cost accounting, maintaining the GL, and budgets

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently with the ability to resolve inconsistencies and problems and deliver results with a limited amount of supervision
• Working knowledge of GAAP and FASB’s
• Unequivocal commitment to the highest standards of personal and business ethics and conduct
• Well-developed interpersonal skills. Ability to get along well with diverse personalities – tactful – mature – flexible.
• Recognized ability to work in a fast-paced, results oriented environment
• Detail oriented and good follow-up
• Accurate and professional written and verbal communication
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize accordingly
• Proficient in Microsoft office software, including high level of knowledge and skills working with Microsoft Excel (including ability to perform pivots and v-lookups)
• ERP systems experience preferred (e.g., NetSuite)

Education:

• BA/BS in Accounting