Junior Accountant

About This Role

The Junior Accountant supports daily accounting operations and reconciliation activities across various business channels and systems. This role is highly focused on reconciliation, requiring a detail-oriented professional comfortable with large volumes of transactional data and understanding accounting flows between platforms. The successful candidate will proactively investigate and resolve discrepancies to ensure the completeness and accuracy of financial reporting, partnering closely with Accounting, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely follow-up with AP and AR related to bank activities
• Manage cash and bank functions and reconciliations for the U.S. and Canada
• Perform detailed reconciliations across banking, retail, and eCommerce channels, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial transactions
• Manage eCommerce bank reconciliations and investigate discrepancies in financial data flows between Shopify, POS systems, payment processors, and the ERP system
• Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve transactional discrepancies, partnering with IT and cross-functional teams to address data transmission or system integration issues
• Manage merchant fees, chargebacks, corporate credit card activity, Concur expense reports, and related accounting processes
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations for all entities
• Prepare and reconcile balance sheet accounts related to cash, AR liabilities, and employee expenses
• Support month-end journal entries, accruals, and account analyses
• Ensure reconciling items, missing transactions, and system-related discrepancies are investigated and appropriately resolved or escalated prior to close
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation
• Assist with ERP enhancements, accounting process improvements, and integration-related projects
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on ad hoc financial, operational, and system initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a similar field
• 2+ years of accounting experience, preferably within a retail, consumer goods, or eCommerce environment
• Strong understanding of accounting transaction flows between POS systems, eCommerce platforms, payment processors, and ERP systems
• Experience performing detailed, high-volume account reconciliations with strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate root causes and independently resolve discrepancies
• Ability to identify data transmission issues, assess financial impact, and effectively partner with IT teams to drive timely resolution
• Advanced Excel skills
• ERP experience required
• Strong organizational, communication, and time management skills

Nice to have:

• Navision experience

About the Company

Born in Saint Germain, Paris, in 1961, Diptyque is a creator of evocative perfumes for the self and the home, scented skincare products, and desirable decorative objects. It is a Luxury Fragrance House known for its mix of iconic scented candles, personal fragrances, bath and body products, and home décor. Its flagship boutique is in Paris' 5th arrondissement at 34 Boulevard Saint Germain.