Director of Accounting & Finance -- E-Commerce & Distribution

Vessel Advisors • Los Angeles, CA

1d • $165,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Vessel Advisors is a national financial-leadership firm that helps growing companies build and strengthen their finance and accounting teams — from fractional CFO and controller support to permanent executive search. We have been exclusively retained by our client to help build their leadership team and are managing this search on their behalf. Our client's identity is kept confidential at this stage and is shared with candidates as the process advances. Our client is a well-established direct-to-consumer brand in the consumer-products space, located in northwest Los Angeles. With a strong e-commerce engine and continued growth, they are ready to add a senior finance leader. This is a rare hands-on leadership seat — own the numbers today and grow into the senior finance leader of the business. You will run accounting end to end, build the reporting leadership relies on, and partner with the executive team on strategy, costing, and planning. This is a player-coach role: strategic in scope, but close enough to the details to own the close and walk the floor.

Requirements

• 8+ years in accounting/finance, including senior leadership (Controller/Director level).
• E-commerce / DTC / consumer-products experience; NetSuite strongly preferred.
• Inventory/COGS, multi-state sales tax, and full-cycle close ownership.
• Manufacturing or product-operations accounting experience is welcome but not required — the right leader can be developed into it.
• The maturity and confidence to advise and challenge leadership — proactive, secure, business-minded.
• Strong GAAP and advanced Excel.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; advanced degree a plus.
• Able to work on-site in Chatsworth, CA.

Nice To Haves

• CPA not required.

Responsibilities

• The full accounting function — close, financial statements, cash, AR, controls — for a multichannel e-commerce business.
• E-commerce / DTC accounting end to end: marketplace settlements, payment processors, sales-tax nexus, inventory, COGS, and channel-level margin.
• The reporting and analysis that guide decisions — daily KPIs through full financials.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow planning; the banking relationship.
• Partnership with leadership on costing, pricing, and strategy — with a path to broader finance leadership.
• Leadership and development of the accounting team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director