Staff Accountant

It's our people that make Shoes For Crews special! We hire talented people who support our values and provide training and coaching to our crew to meet their career objectives. Our success comes from great team work and exceptional individual effort. We strive to reward collaboration and recognize accomplishments in an environment of mutual support and respect. It's much more than a great place to work, it's where our crew looks forward to Monday, not Friday.

What You Will Love About US

• Great Company Culture-Awarded one of the TOP companies to work for
• Competitive salary
• Generous Health Benefit Package (some at NO cost)
• Prepare for the future-401(k) (with 3% match)
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
• Hybrid and remote schedules
• Employee recognition platform
• Employee discounts (Including a FREE pair of shoes
• Wellness program
• Robust onboarding program
• QUPID Committee
• Engagement Committee

Our mission is to keep the workforce safe on the job with comfortable, quality protective footwear solutions-reducing accidents and saving money!

Shoes For Crews, LLC (SFC) is a dynamic designer, manufacturer and business-to-business marketer of the most technologically advanced, top-rated slip-resistant footwear for the foodservice, hospitality, industrial, and healthcare workplaces. SFC protects over 3.5 million workers per year in over 120,000 workplaces from slip and fall accidents. For over 30 years, the Company has built its reputation through innovative product development technologies, proprietary manufacturing, and distinct niche marketing.

Position Summary: Overall, support the Mission, Vision, and Culture of Shoes for Crews. This position will be responsible for recording and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements. This includes tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including financial reporting, year-end audit preparation and the support of budget and forecast activities. Other responsibilities include analyzing trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.

Essential Job Functions:

• Perform the processing of monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expense, debt related entries, including leases, setup and monthly maintenance of fixed assets, including deprecation and recording of adjusting and reclassification entries.
• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of financial records, including general ledger entries, reconciliations and month end closings.
• Manage assigned projects by prioritizing work to meet established deadlines and ensuring that accounting objectives are accomplished while keeping the leaders informed of project status and issues identified.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, procedures and internal controls.
• Prepare inventory adjustments and reconciliations.
• Liaison with external auditors for all compliance requirements.
• General accounting including GL analysis, GL support and Journal Entry preparation.
• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure ensuring that policies and procedures conform with GAAP Principles.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in written form, with department co-workers and internal customers.
• Maintain strong relationships with internal and field partners.
• Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Assist in the timely preparation of all financial reporting requirements of the company.
• Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet and analysis of P&L accounts providing explanations for variances against budgets and prior year.
• Work closely with external auditors and coordinate interaction with all departments.
• Apply a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close. This includes interaction with foreign entities for global consolidation.
• Assist the operations departments with inventory management.
• Interface inter-departmentally across the company to verify transaction data and resolve issues.
• Respond to inquiries from senior management regarding financial results, including ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Assist with various projects within the Finance and Accounting department, e.g. Chart of accounts conversions, G/L implementation, warehouse transfers, POS systems maintenance, etc.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software, high level of knowledge of Microsoft Excel 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).
• Ability to work within a high velocity, autonomous and demanding culture.
• Solid oral and written communication, technological and analytical skills.
• Understanding and proficiency with account reconciliations, the month end closing process, cost accounting, maintaining a GL, and budgets.

Skills and Abilities:

• Independent, self-starter and strong analytic capabilities.
• 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.
• Ability to analyze, resolve and communicate problems and achieve problem resolution.
• 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 NetSuite.

Education:

• BA/BS in Accounting.

Shoes For Crews is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. Shoes For Crews provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of sex, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and/or expression), pregnancy, race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion, disability, marital status, age, genetic information, veteran status or any personal attribute or characteristic that is protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws.