Accounting Manager - GrowthWise Search Partners

• Do you enjoy the variety of working hands-on applying your technical GAAP accounting knowledge and mentoring, developing and supervising a team?
• Ready to work with an organization that is aligned with your passions and core values – environmental sustainability, animal health and care, and living your best life.
• Have an awesome dog that you'd like to bring to work (don't worry, they don't have to know GAAP accounting as long as you do).
  

This could be your perfect fit. Bring your ideas to keep improving our accounting department.

Bring your leadership acumen and do work you love as our Accounting Manager. 

This is a newly created role as a result of the company’s strategic growth plan.

Accounting Manager – Job Duties

You will directly oversee the accounting team, working in both a supervisory / leader role as well as performing hands on technical accounting.

• Oversee the work of the accounting team including oversight and review of payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable and general ledger accounting, serving as escalation point for team questions and as hands-on back up when needed
• Provide direct leadership and mentorship of team members – performance check ins, coaching conversations, accountability, career development, participating in hiring
• Perform month end close procedures including journal entries, monthly account reconciliations and closing journal entries (8 day close)
• Develop and document best-practices policies and procedures for the accounting department functions, documenting SOPs
• Gather accounting documentation required for third-parties (annual audit, banking)
  

Accounting Manager - Required Skills, Experience & Culture Alignment

You are:

• Experienced in managing, leading and mentoring team members – you enjoy reviewing work, inspiring performance, accountability and training
• A technical accountant - GAAP accounting, journal entries, you know your debits and credits
• Self-directed and gritty – you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where you can go find the answer, make things better and troubleshoot challenges
• An expert with MS Excel and experienced with exporting and manipulating data in Excel including complex formulas, multi-tab spreadsheets, pivot tables, v-lookups
• You bring professional maturity – challenges are opportunities to solve problems and make things better, you do what you say when you say, “crisis” isn’t part of your vocabulary
• Able to work 100% in office (start and stop time is flexible)
  

Accounting Manager – You Might Have (Desired, Not Required)

• Experience working with SAP Business One ERP software
• Prior experience in a manufacturing, cost accounting or retail accounting environment
• Prior experience in public accounting / auditing
  

For You

Compensation $82,000 to $85,000 annually, exempt, with potential discretionary bonus. We help pets live their healthiest best lives and want the same for you. Work-life balance is important.

You will be provided with medical insurance (very minimal cost and co-pays reimbursed through HRA!), 100% employer paid dental and vision insurance, short term and long term disability insurance options, life insurance and a health reimbursement account option for dependent care costs. 401k retirement with company match and professional development support. We value work/life balance and provide you with paid time off, paid volunteer time, paid holidays and sick leave. (Plus additional opportunities for supplemental insurance and a provided Employee Assistance Program to ensure your mental health is at the forefront.)

We are also a pet friendly office in the pet business! Bring your (well behaved) dog to work!

You will work in office in Ferndale, Washington.

Your work schedule is flexible for a start time between 6am – 8:30am.