Senior Accountant

BYLT Premium Basics • Irvine, CA

19d

About The Position

BYLT Basics is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our growing finance team. This role covers general accounting — month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial reporting — along with ownership of the accounts payable function and corporate card program. We're looking for an experienced accountant who takes ownership of their work and brings initiative, comfortable operating in a fast-paced omni-channel environment, and interested in leveraging AI and automation tools to improve how we work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 5+ years of general accounting experience, including month-end close and account reconciliation ownership
• Experience managing accounts payable and corporate card programs, including invoice processing, vendor payments, and monthly card reconciliations.
• Hands-on experience with an ERP system (e.g., NetSuite) and an AP automation or corporate card platform (e.g., Ramp).
• Strong Excel and reporting skills, with the ability to build and interpret account-level reports.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, month-end close processes, and account reconciliation best practices.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear communicator, comfortable working cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, and external vendors.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or progress toward CPA a plus.
• experience in apparel, wholesale, retail, or CPG preferred.
• Netsuite and Shopify experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with wholesale/drop-ship order flows a plus.
• Experience with system integrations across retail platforms (e.g., e-commerce, warehouse management) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day general ledger activity, including journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications, with accurate account coding.
• Lead or support the month-end close process, including close checklists, accrual entries (e.g., rent, prepaids, corporate card spend), allocation entries, and close-package documentation.
• Perform monthly balance sheet account reconciliations, including bank accounts, prepaids, accrued liabilities, fixed assets, and the accounts payable and corporate card sub-ledgers.
• Perform system to system reconciliations for data validation within ERP system.
• Reconcile bank feed activity, investigate variances, and clear reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Own the accounts payable cycle: invoice intake, approval routing, vendor payments, recurring payments, and monthly close-out of the AP sub-ledger against the general ledger, utilizing Ramp as the AP automation tool.
• Administer and reconcile the corporate card program, including monthly accruals for unsubmitted spend, expense coding review, and card-to-GL tie-outs.
• Manage vendor records, including new vendor setup and periodic cleanup of duplicate or inactive records.
• Leverage 3-way-match to validate and pay supplier invoices, including multi-line and split-shipment purchase orders, for both domestic and international vendors.
• Prepare and analyze account-level reports to support management reporting and audit requests.
• Assist with technical accounting matters as needed (e.g., lease accounting, reserve calculations, etc.).
• Support external audit and tax preparation with schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation, including vendor 1099 tracking and filing prep.
• Identify and drive process improvements across accounting and accounts payable workflows, with a focus on accuracy, automation, and internal controls.
• Proactively identify opportunities to apply AI and automation tools to accounting and AP processes, improving efficiency and reducing manual, repetitive work.
• Ad hoc projection involvement for ongoing growth and initiatives
• Operate primarily within our ERP and accounts payable/expense management systems, including report building and system configuration specific to our workflows.
• Serve as a key point of contact for accounts payable and corporate card questions, including system sync issues, approval routing, and card program administration.
• Collaborate with the broader finance and operations team on system integrations as they relate to accounts payable and general ledger activity.
• Work cross-functionally with supply chain, operations, and warehouse teams to resolve receipt, shipment, and billing discrepancies tied to vendor invoices.
• Support ad hoc reporting requests from finance leadership.

What This Job Offers

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