Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant – Eataly Corporate | Eataly

The Tone:
This is a corporate role at Eataly, located in New York, NY. Eataly operates as the world’s largest artisanal Italian food and beverage marketplace, distinguishing itself through unique locations offering authentic Italian dining, high-quality products, and engaging culinary education. This Staff Accountant role is critical to supporting Eataly’s accounting operations, focusing on maintaining financial accuracy through balance sheet reconciliations, facilitating the month-end close process, and continuously improving financial reporting systems in an evolving environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person New York, NY
• Pay: $95000–$105000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Senior Accounting Manager
• Mission: Owns the accurate reconciliation of balance sheets, timely month-end close, and continuous improvement of accounting processes and controls.
• Tech Stack: ERP environment, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Reconcile: Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigating reconciling items, identifying root causes, and driving their resolution.
• Close: Support the monthly close process through preparing and reviewing journal entries, conducting account analysis, and investigating accounting discrepancies.
• Improve: Partner with the Senior Accounting Manager to document, develop, and improve accounting processes and internal controls, focusing on reducing manual tasks and creating scalable workflows.
• Collaborate: Work closely with FP&A, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax, Operations, and other internal stakeholders to resolve accounting matters and enhance financial reporting.
• Audit: Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, responding to requests, and providing explanations of accounting processes and balances.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with a strong understanding of general ledger accounting, journal entries, and financial statement concepts.
• Experience: Preferred experience preparing or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and comfortable working in an evolving environment where processes may not always be fully documented or standardized.
• Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to investigate issues and reach well-supported conclusions, strong Excel skills, excellent communication, and the capacity to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Bonus: CPA designation or actively pursuing CPA licensure.