Senior Manager, Accounting

Antelope Pets•,

20d•Remote

About The Position

Antelope is seeking a hands-on, detail-oriented Accounting Senior Manager to lead its general ledger and accounts payable teams. Reporting to the Controller, this role oversees daily, monthly, and annual accounting operations across the company to ensure transactions are recorded accurately and on time and monthly financial statements are delivered for each reporting entity. The role partners with the Controller on audits, tax requests, accounting policies and internal controls, system integrations, regulatory compliance, and special projects. The position leads month-end close and financial reporting, accounts payable and cash management, inventory and payroll accounting, systems and process improvement, team leadership, and audit and compliance. It is suited to an experienced accounting leader with technical GAAP knowledge and month-end close experience in an inventory-heavy, omnichannel consumer packaged goods business. The role is remote and open to candidates based in the United States only. Antelope is an omnichannel pet consumer platform founded in August 2021 to elevate pet care by acquiring, building, and growing high-quality, natural pet brands. Backed by Alpine Investors, it has acquired Bocce’s Bakery, Diggin’ Your Dog, Super Snouts, My Perfect Pet, and Ark Naturals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
At least 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years leading GL and AP teams.
Experience closing monthly books within 10 days in an inventory-heavy, omnichannel CPG business.
Experience successfully delivering in a $100–200 million organization.
Strong technical GAAP knowledge and experience researching, applying, and documenting accounting guidance for audit.
Experience supporting a full year-end financial statement audit.
Track record of implementing internal controls, policies, and procedures and improving transaction processing to scale with a growing company.
Advanced Excel skills, including building clean, well-formatted, complex analyses that tell the full story.
Exceptional attention to detail, ownership of the numbers, and clear, concise communication skills.
Candidates must be based in the United States.

Nice To Haves

CPA certification is highly desirable.
Public accounting or audit experience is a plus.
Acquisition accounting or cash-to-GAAP conversion experience is a big plus.
Knowledge and experience with NetSuite and system implementations are highly desirable.
Passion for pets, consumer brands, and building and scaling a fast-growing company.

Responsibilities

Lead month-end close and deliver financial statements for each reporting entity within 10 days of month-end.
Review general ledger journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring reconciliations are completed and reviewed within 10 days of month-end.
Review monthly P&L coding across vendors, departments, and brands, and prepare monthly financial commentary for MD&A.
Build and maintain a standardized, scalable close process and accounting infrastructure.
Train and supervise the accounts payable team, ensuring accurate processing and that AP activity is closed by business day 2 after month-end.
Oversee weekly vendor bill payments, comply with vendor terms, maximize liquidity, and maintain DPO of 30+ days.
Enforce cash-management and new-vendor-setup controls; manage employee expense reimbursements and company credit-card reporting in compliance with T&E policies.
Facilitate annual 1099 reporting; approve daily positive pay, code unreconciled bank transactions in NetSuite, and monitor and resolve unusual cash activity.
Lead monthly inventory close, including reviewing and approving freight accruals, 3PL logistics accruals, and accrued-purchase reconciliations.
Prepare monthly My Perfect Pet inventory journal entries, including prior-period reversals, fulfillment-based COGS, and month-end inventory values.
Maintain My Perfect Pet standard costs for labor, overhead, raw materials, and packaging quarterly; reconcile NetSuite inventory to co-manufacturer and 3PL reports quarterly across all locations.
Complete quarterly inventory reserve and excess-and-obsolete reviews; partner with Operations and 3PLs on operational accounting issues and monitor inventory exceptions and manual adjustments.
Sync payroll from Rippling to NetSuite each pay run, reconcile payroll monthly, and prepare and reconcile monthly payroll accruals.
Help maintain NetSuite as Antelope’s reliable, real-time source of truth for financial reporting.
Administer AP vendor processing, employee expense reporting, and company credit-card systems, ensuring these tools are fully utilized.
Identify repetitive manual tasks and recommend and implement process improvements, including appropriate AI tools to automate close processes, journal entries, reconciliations, and transaction reviews.
Support system implementations and integration of future acquisitions with minimal errors and rework.
Lead, train, and develop GL and AP accountants; drive accountability and timely team deliverables, hold weekly one-on-ones, provide feedback, and work alongside the team as needed.
Lead the annual financial statement audit to completion by April 15 with an unqualified opinion and no material weaknesses in internal controls.
Maintain audit-ready, reviewed reconciliations, process documentation, and company policies throughout the year; liaise with auditors and internal staff on testing and inquiries and facilitate external audit confirmations.
Research and document GAAP guidance for technical accounting matters.
Support the Controller with tax requests, policy and internal-control implementation, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.