Staff Accountant

Smoothie King • Coppell, TX

7d

About The Position

If you’re looking for a purpose and not just a job, join the Smoothie King team and turn your purpose into a fulfilling passion!
We're not just the pioneers of the nutritional smoothie; we're the champions of inspiring people to live a healthy and active lifestyle. With over 1300 stores and counting, we’ve grown to become the largest nutritional smoothie bar in the nation, with a simple recipe for success: Hire the best people, use the best ingredients, and blend with a purpose.
At Smoothie King, we're serious about our clean ingredients and passionate about our guests' health and wellness journeys—but that doesn't mean we don't know how to have a good time. Here, you'll find work that's equal parts challenging and rewarding, all within a culture that's as amazing as our smoothies. We're committed to continuous improvement, achieving our goals, and fostering a supportive and collaborative environment where every team member can thrive.

Overview

The Staff Accountant plays a key role in fueling our brand’s growth; bringing sharp financial skills, positive energy, and dependable support to our stores, departments, and leadership. If keeping the numbers right and the business moving sounds exciting, you’ll fit right in.

Participate in general ledger activities to include preparing and entering journal entries to support month end closing, reviewing general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, updating monthly financial statements and reports, and reconciling general ledger accounts.
Perform accounts receivable activities to include assisting with entering and reconciling third party delivery payment receipts.
Participate in cash management activities to include daily and weekly cash reporting to upper management, weekly and ad hoc payment run funding, check deposits, and reconciling store and operating bank accounts.
Reconcile daily store cash bank deposits against reported cash sales.
Work as a team with other staff accountants in standardizing practices and procedures.
Make an impact by demonstrating ownership and understanding of this role and the roles of other team members.
Assist the team, Controller, and CFO in other areas of finance/accounting as needed.

Requirements

• Understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with all levels of the organization.
• Exceptional analytical, problem identification and problem-solving skills.
• Basic accounting principles knowledge.
• Documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis and multi-tasking.
• Organized and extremely detail oriented.
• Thorough knowledge of applicable general ledger systems and accounting.
• Source document flow (purchase order, invoice, goods receipt), and reconciliation experience.
• Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced and high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness.
• Promote the culture, values, and mission of Smoothie King.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least two years’ experience working as a staff accountant or auditor.
• Intermediate to Expert competency in Microsoft Office suite, primarily Excel and Word.
• Experience using ERP software, preferably Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the early stages of a high growth business preferred.
• Personal passion for health and fitness is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in general ledger activities to include preparing and entering journal entries to support month end closing, reviewing general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, updating monthly financial statements and reports, and reconciling general ledger accounts.
• Perform accounts receivable activities to include assisting with entering and reconciling third party delivery payment receipts.
• Participate in cash management activities to include daily and weekly cash reporting to upper management, weekly and ad hoc payment run funding, check deposits, and reconciling store and operating bank accounts.
• Reconcile daily store cash bank deposits against reported cash sales.
• Work as a team with other staff accountants in standardizing practices and procedures.
• Make an impact by demonstrating ownership and understanding of this role and the roles of other team members.
• Assist the team, Controller, and CFO in other areas of finance/accounting as needed.

Benefits

• Join our team and enjoy an unusually fun work environment with an upbeat atmosphere and great team members.
• It is our purpose to maintain an environment our team members can brag about, where our focus and belief are built on our core values: We Are Better Together, We Keep Evolving, We Live Our Mission, We Do the Right Thing, and We Focus and Finish.
• With our core values at the forefront of every decision we make, it allows for collaboration, passion, and a no-limits mindset when it comes to your future!
• We keep our team happy with our great benefits package, free smoothies, flexible work schedules, office lunches and parties, monthly fitness challenges, free gym access, and more fun activities to make Smoothie King a happy and healthy place to work.

What This Job Offers

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