Client Overview: Our client is a high-end food brand renowned for its rich heritage, exceptional quality, and commitment to tradition.

Job title: Accounting Manager

Mission: This is a strategic role that reports directly to the CFO and assumes primary responsibility for driving effective P&L processes and monitoring results through strategically driven decision making. The individual in this role will provide essential oversight to accounting operations, business performance, variance identification, key monthly and quarterly reporting and controls compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for accounting cycle activity and actively involved in all accounting operations, including A/R, A/P, G/L, accounting, payroll, cash flow forecasting.

Lead the company’s monthly and quarterly reporting process, collaborating across teams to understand and communicate variance drivers, key risks and opportunities.

Develop and maintain timely and accurate financial statements and reports that are users appropriate and follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and corporate governance policies.

A complete analysis of periodic financial results (P&L, B/S and Cash flow) with variance explanations and highlighting issues and recommendations to Leadership. 

Preparation of management reports, budget variance analysis, journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, review of team members' work, and other ad hoc projects.

Act as project manager for financial audits and annual tax filings, coordinating tasks internally and interacting with external CPAs as needed.

Lead the Company in building, improving and maintaining a strong internal control environment over all financial transactions.

Prepare and participate in monthly business reviews with finance and executive teams.

Special ad hoc analyses including running scenario analysis to support key strategic decisions.

Work across functions with Finance, Sales, Operations to dig in, problem-solve and make recommendations as needed.

Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting/Business, CPA preferred
At least 7+ years of finance and accounting experience preferably in the manufacturing and/or consumer packaged goods industry. Experience with major retailers and distributors is a plus.
Solid Accounting background, exceptional analytical skills, and adept at identifying trends and variances.
High level of professionalism, ability to tell a story with data and communicate with internal and external stakeholders in a positive and influential way.
Agility in taking initiative to solve issues, partner and build business processes that simplify and build scale.
Experience with QuickBooks, NetSuite, G-Suite, Microsoft Office required.
Strong Excel skills - must be comfortable analyzing, combining and manipulating large data sets.
Exceptional communication skills; ability to interact with and present financial results to all levels of management with deep attention to detail and partnership.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast paced, rapid growth start-up environment.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with high focus on teamwork, growth mindset and process improvement.

This role is in office (Manhattan - Financial District)

Starting base salary: 120,000 USD + benefits

Other information: Candidate must show proof of US citizenship/visa/alien registration. No sponsorship will be offered for this role.