Sr Accountant - Direct to Consumer

Columbia Sportswear • Stanton, CA

268d • Hybrid

About The Position

Columbia Sportswear Finance & Accounting teams oversee the financial health and forward strategy for a portfolio of four global brands. These teams exercise expertise across Compliance, Credit, Financial Planning and Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement and Strategy. Advancing traditional Finance & Accounting functions, the organization is also driving exciting innovation in the application of advanced analytics and automated intelligence. The Senior Accountant is part of the North American Direct to Consumer (“DTC”) accounting team, responsible for month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, maintaining strong internal controls, delivering timely, accurate, & relevant financial information and for being an active, collaborative business partner in driving our North America DTC growth. Primary responsibilities include accounting for Brick & Mortar business and DTC sales discount related reserves (returns, loyalty program, promotions, and gift cards). Additional responsibilities include active identification of issues and areas for process improvement, automation of business processes and reporting, and assisting with the preparation of internal/external financial reports.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) proficiency.
• Proven experience with MS Excel and working familiarity with SAP, SAP-BW, Dynamics 365, PowerBI, TM1 highly preferred.
• Working familiarity with data analytics or process automation, beneficial.
• Ability to participate in regional calls across international time zones resulting in early morning or evening commitments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely execution of accounting processes for DTC operations (primarily Brick & Mortar), including technical considerations around revenue recognition, website development and related reserves (ie: returns, loyalty program, promotions, gift cards).
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly and quarterly General Ledger entries and reconciliations in an efficient, timely manner and in accordance with GAAP.
• Perform analysis of accounting records to explain variances resulting from financial statement review and inquiries from management, as well as monthly account analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Maintain a comprehensive cross-functional internal control structure for our Brick & Mortar operations, documenting processes, actively monitoring controls for compliance and enhancing controls as business process improvements occur.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Brick & Mortar financial processes, providing cross-functional teams with technical requirements, guidance and influence.
• Understand unique Brick & Mortar transaction processes including the reconciliation of sales order transactions varied systems, ERP and bank.
• Deliver continuous improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of Brick & Mortar transactional and accounting processes.
• Establish new processes as needed to handle and enable changes in systems/new transaction streams.
• Liaison with auditors including internal, external and SOX audits.
• Assist in the requirements gathering, testing and implementation of new retail systems and applications as it relates to accounting and controls.
• Collaborate with Shared Services to ensure accurate DTC reporting, and partner with finance planning counterparts to drive forecast accuracy, informed business decisions and results analysis.

Benefits

• 401k plan plus a generous company match.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability.
• Flexible spending accounts, health savings account.
• Assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services).
• EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services.
• Extensive wellness benefits.
• Employee discounts.
• Generous time off program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Apparel Manufacturing