Sr. Associate, ERP Accountant

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Requirements:

• Experience with Quickbooks & Microsoft Dynamics 365 is required; including 2+ years of experience leading an ERP implementation
• 4-7 years of accounting experience preferably with Consumer Products experience
• CPA or working toward CPA designation preferred
• Experience in start-up/high-growth eCommerce or CPG business
• Ability to develop systems and processes to ensure efficient data processing
• Ability to extend the range of management tools and reports used by the business
• Ability to mentor junior staff members on accounting practices and software use
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, adhere to tight deadlines, and be unafraid to ask questions
• Advanced skills in Excel, with the ability to manipulate, digest, and summarize large amounts of data
• Proven ability to identify and drive process and system improvements
• Passionate about accounting operations and willing to roll up your sleeves
• Experience gathering, evaluating, presenting, and reporting financial information to various audiences

Responsibilities:

• Interfaces with functional unit process owners and users to identify, define, and document needs and objectives, current procedures, problems, input and output requirements, and levels of systems access.
• Assists in defining and documenting assigned ERP systems processes and transactions in support of business processes defined by functional unit process owners.
• Assists in the functional configuration of the assigned ERP systems areas to satisfy requests from end users for fixes, changes, and enhancements. (Bill.com, Expensify, Shopify and other systems)
• Preparing development progress updates and documenting ERP processes
• Partner closely with Accounting and Finance team and Technology teams and Unilever business partners to ensure timelines of status updates and and relaying testing of the rollout to various stakeholders.
• Build a range of tools and reports within the new ERP to be used by the business
• Mentor staff members on accounting practices and software use within MS Dynamics 365.
• Assist the team in the month-end close process for operating expenses, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Oversee the reconciliation of accrual and prepaid expense accounts, ensuring accurate recording and amortization of prepaid items.
• Prepare flux analysis across the full P&L and Balance Sheet for senior management.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate recording of financial transactions.
• Collaborate with various teams to review and maintain comprehensive cost trackers.
• Manage schedules related to accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and other pertinent financial components and ensure these schedules are up-to-date and reconciled regularly.
• Offer detailed insights into significant month-over-month cost variations.
• Aid in the Accounts Payable process, including reviewing invoice verification, approval workflows, and payment processing within the new ERP
• Manage ad hoc requests from team members, including reports and projects for the team.