VP, FINANCE - Ellis Brooklyn

About Ellis Brooklyn

ELLIS BROOKLYN is a clean and eco, award-winning fragrance line carried at Sephora, Ulta, Credo, and international retailers like Mecca and Liberty London. We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented VP, Finance for our fast-growing beauty company! The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, take initiative to complete tasks and is comfortable interfacing with both internal departments and third-party accounting support. This role will report primarily to our founder-CEO but will also work with sales and operations teams. We look forward to hearing from you!

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA preferred.
• 9+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with Beauty Wholesale required. Preference to those with Prestige and Luxury Cosmetics.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP (including ASC 606, inventory, prepaids and accrued expenses)
• Strong understanding of Quickbooks Online and Bill.com
• Strong understanding of Dear Inventory Management and Shopify and POS (retail) systems
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and team player
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Tech-savvy.
• Highly organized detail-oriented individual with strong sense of ownership.
• Strategic, analytical, and agile thinker with problem-solving skills
• Ability to comprehend both big-picture and minute details. Ability to do financial modeling with the CEO cand sales team, as well as implement and oversee budget processes for marketing and expenses.
• Ability to design and implement new processes for new business arrangements (i.e., Omnichannel) to be compliant with company policy and US GAAP.

Responsibilities

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The VP, FINANCE will be responsible for accurate financial accounting and controls, management of the external accounting team.

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The VP, FINANCE shall be able to build detailed modeling, forecasting and reports.

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This position will have regular interaction with operations, ecommerce and marketing teams and also control expenses.

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The role will report to the CEO and support key accounting processes including the management of multiple simultaneous projects and develop presentations that articulate findings and actionable recommendations

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Lead the month-end and quarter-end financial statement close process, including managing external controller and third-party accounting teams

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Lead evaluation of transactions for appropriate accounting treatment

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Serve as Subject Matter Expert for certain accounting related activities and transactions

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Partner with the third-party controller and accounting teams during the planning and budget process

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Ensure compliance with Company Policies

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Proactively identify and implement process improvements

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Support annual internal and external audits if needed.

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Contribute to the preparation and distribution of monthly financial reporting packages to senior management, outside investors and executive team

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Investigate reporting discrepancies and communicate issues in a timely manner

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Produce, manage and have full ownership of board of directors/ investors reporting metrics

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Continually develop, expand, and improve month-end close and financial reporting procedures

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Perform and lead ad hoc accounting and finance requests and special projects, as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive pay, salary range $150,000-$180,000. Note that the salary range is highly dependent on experience, background and other factors, and can differ from the listed range.

• 3 weeks of paid vacation

• Health plan

• Employee discounts