Senior Accountant at Vaco, LLC
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
About the Job
looking for a Senior Accountant with 4+ years of relevant accounting experience.
Someone who is highly organized, accountable, with a positive, team player and can-do attitude. The ideal candidate would have experience with full cycle accounting in a medium sized multinational organization. This would be the perfect job for you if you thrive in a dynamic work environment, enjoys problem solving, and takes ownership and pride in your work.
Responsibilities:
- Perform full cycle accounting and ensure all transactions are accounted for accurately, timely, and in accordance with US GAAP for multiple subsidiaries.
- Manage accounts payable process including approving invoices and weekly payment selections.
- Complete month-end close process including preparing journal entries, account reconciliations and applicable supporting balance sheet schedules.
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations; apply technical knowledge and judgment to ensure accuracy of accounts and timely resolution of reconciling items as required.
- Responsible for weekly cash and cash related account reconciliations including foreign currency accounts.
- Assist with annual budgeting and forecasting as well as monthly variance analysis.
- Prepare monthly financial reporting packages including analytical reviews of monthly operating results and variance analysis.
- Maintain adequate internal controls within the accounting processes to ensure well documented, accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Assist with preparing and/or gathering support for annual external audit and tax filings
- Work with finance team on a variety of ad-hoc projects, as needed.
You will love this job if you:
- Thrive working in a dynamic company environment where you can gain more experience and exposure to multiple accounting functions, responsibilities, and work collaboratively amongst not only the accounting/finance group, but also cross functionally with other departments.
- Take pride in your work. You take ownership of all tasks and responsibilities assigned to you and ensure you see them through to completion.
- Are highly analytical and a great problem solver. You like to investigate and understand root causes of issues and find root cause solutions that would prevent future issues from reoccurring.
- Are exceptional at prioritizing and multitasking. You work effectively to meet deadlines and plans to get things done timely.
- Are agile, ambitious and a team player. You are excited to take on other assignments and responsibilities to support the team where needed.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant accounting and finance experience.
- Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Relevant experience in the consumer goods, apparel and/or manufacturing industries.
- Experience with multinational companies and foreign currencies.
- Advanced Excel skills, including data extraction and manipulation.
- Exceptional attention to detail with an analytical and problem-solving mind-set.
- Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in medium sized accounting system, NetSuite, or similar system strongly preferred.
- Goal and deadline-oriented with the ability to prioritize, focus, and thrive in a fast paced. multitasking environment
- Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance or related.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.