Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Jay Knows Networking

The Tone:
This is a hybrid full-time Staff Accountant role at Jay Knows Networking, located in Santa Rosa, CA, with remote work optional on Mondays and Fridays. Jay Knows Networking is a specialized firm that supports clients in achieving their operational and financial reporting goals, notably for multi-entity businesses like Foley Family Wines & Spirits. This position is vital for maintaining the integrity of financial records, ensuring timely and accurate reporting, and contributing to the continuous improvement of accounting processes within a dynamic and expanding wine and spirits industry.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Santa Rosa, CA
• Team: Reports to the Accounting Manager, collaborates with the Controller.
• Mission: Ensures accurate financial records, timely reporting, and continuous process improvement for the supported multi-entity wine and spirits business.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

What You’ll Actually Do
• General Ledger Management: Prepare accurate journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations, process reclassification requests, and maintain supporting documentation to assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Financial Analysis & Intercompany: Perform balance sheet analyses, investigate reconciling items, support intercompany accounting with reconciliations and elimination entries, and assist with variance (flux) analysis and financial reporting schedules.
• Compliance & Auditing: Support various tax compliance activities including sales and use, property, and excise taxes, prepare audit schedules for internal and external requests, and assist with bank compliance and lender reporting requirements.
• Asset & Cash Accounting: Maintain comprehensive fixed asset records encompassing additions, disposals, and depreciation; support capital expenditure accounting; and perform bank reconciliations alongside cash reporting activities.
• Operational Partnership & Process Improvement: Collaborate with AP, AR, Operations, Payroll, and IT to resolve accounting issues, support Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) accounting activities like payment reconciliations and chargeback analysis, and contribute to system implementations and process improvements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or an equivalent field, coupled with a solid knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Experience: Prior accounting experience is highly valued, particularly experience involving the extensive use of Microsoft Excel for data manipulation, analysis, and reporting within an accounting context.
• Skills: Requires strong organizational skills, a professional and proactive attitude, an excellent work ethic, robust analytical abilities, the capacity to perform effectively under pressure, adherence to tight deadlines, and clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Bonus: 1 to 3 years of dedicated experience in an accounting role is preferred for this position.