About This Role
Leading the accounting function for a fast-growing apparel brand, this role offers a blend of hands-on ownership and strategic partnership. You will build, influence, and scale the finance function from within, helping to shape business operations, decisions, and growth. This is an opportunity to make a real impact for someone who enjoys both detailed work and strategic input.
Responsibilities
- Lead the month-end close process end-to-end, ensuring accuracy while delivering clear, actionable insights and variance analysis to leadership
- Manage and optimize relationships with outsourced accounting vendors, ensuring efficiency, accountability, and high-quality output across AP, AR, and payroll
- Ensure all payroll and vendor payments are processed accurately, on time, and in full compliance with tax and labor requirements
- Maintain daily cash oversight and short-term forecasting while ensuring inventory and COGS are reconciled and reliable for decision-making
- Play a key role in enhancing systems and processes, including automation initiatives and tools like QuickBooks Online, to create a more scalable and efficient finance function
- Partner with auditors and tax advisors to ensure compliance, clean audits, and timely reporting, keeping the business operating smoothly and confidently
Requirements
- 7+ years of accounting or finance experience within apparel, retail, or DTC environments
- 2+ years of leadership experience managing people or vendors
- Strong understanding of month-end close, reconciliations, accruals, and COGS
- Experience managing outsourced accounting or payroll functions
- Proficiency with QuickBooks Online, Excel/Google Sheets, and financial systems
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail
- Clear communicator who can partner with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
- Able to think strategically while executing tactically
Important Details
- Other conditions: The company will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing apparel brand.