Senior Accountant

Job Description

The Company Minted is a design marketplace, sourcing creative content from independent artists around the globe and selling the best designs to the world in the form of art, home decor, and stationery. Founded in 2007 by Mariam Naficy on the principles of transparency and putting design first, we are early pioneers of crowdsourcing having launched our first design challenge in April 2008 and have held monthly art and design challenges ever since. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to learn more. Our corporate headquarters is located near the waterfront in downtown San Francisco, with additional offices in Oakland and Kansas City and we're b acked by Benchmark Capital, IDG Ventures SF, Menlo Ventures, Primera (angel investors include Marissa Mayer of Yahoo and Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp). We're a team of smart, ambitious, creative, and passionate people who come from all walks of life. Might you be one of us? The Role Come join our team! As our Senior Accountant, you will lead inventory management and support several other key processes across the accounting team and within the company. You will work both independently and collaboratively with the Accounting and Finance team. This role will report to the Controller.

You Will:

• Lead month-end close processes that support inventory accounting including monitoring of inventory by location, product and category to ensure timely and accurate results.
• Own roll-forward analytics for key product lines.
• Partner with Supply Chain to understand how fulfillment and inventory partners impact inventory management.
• Work with the Controller to correctly record all financial transactions related to inventory each month.
• Act as owner for other key processes within Accounting which may include 1) Marketing expense and accrual management, 2) Artist commissions reporting and analytics, 3) Prepaid expense tracking and monitoring and 4) Regulatory/tax reporting.
• Proactively work on initiatives to implement operational accounting efficiencies through process improvement, training, automation and spreadsheet re-design.
• Take ownership of complex and new accounting processes, particularly surrounding the company’s inventory accounting.
• Proactively work with departments as needed to communicate key issues as needed.
• Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze general ledger activity and reconciliations for discrepancies that should be brought to the Controller’s attention.
• Prepare special reports and assist in special projects as assigned by the Controller and management team.
• Support successful execution of annual financial statement audit, by managing PBCs, preparing technical accounting memos and in-depth analysis/ reconciliations for financial statement audit.
• Participate in the implementation of changes to policies, procedures, and systems to facilitate growth, compliance and scaling of the business.

You are:

• Excited by working in a dynamic and fast paced environment
• Compelled by Minted’s mission and business model
• A proven accounting professional with the ability to drive successful team outcomes
• Highly focused on improving accounting processes
• A team player and self starter who is excited by partnering with peers and partners
• Energized to help scale Minted’s business

You have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or other quantitative discipline plus CPA certification.
• 4-6 years of work experience, out of which minimum of 2 years at a public accounting firm is strongly preferred
• Advanced excel skills required (critical to success in the position); experience with Quickbooks, Bill.com and Expensify a plus
• Strong attention to detail and ability to simultaneously research discrepancies and solve problems
• High acumen around critical thinking and organization
• Effective communicator with ability to articulate complex issues in a simple manner

Location: San Francisco or Kansas City Minted is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Minted participates in the E-verify program. Minted's Job Applicant Privacy Policy . Apply for this job