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Director of Corporate Accounting

Los Angeles, CA 90058

Posted: 07/06/2025 Employment Type: Permanent Job Category: Finance Job Number: KC214436624

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Director of Corporate Accounting to lead our apparel client's accounting function and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting and compliance. This role is critical in supporting our leadership with financial insights, driving operational efficiency, fostering seamless collaboration with various teams to optimize processes. The ideal candidate will bring deep accounting expertise, retail industry experience, and a passion for developing high-performing teams. Reporting to the SVP of Accounting, this role will own the company’s full-cycle accounting and maintain the integrity of their financial statements. 
 
What You'll Do:
 
  • Lead and manage corporate accounting, overseeing general ledger, fixed assets, and intercompany accounting.
  • Own the month-end and year-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting in accordance with US GAAP
  • Prepare and review financial statements, management reports,  including balance-sheet reconciliations and ad hoc analysis for executive leadership 
  • Implement, document and maintain effective internal controls and accounting policies to support operational and financial integrity
  • Lead the annual financial audit process, compile analysis/reports and tax return preparation or other projects
  • Partner with cross functional teams (Operations, DC, Wholesale, etc.) to provide a smooth billing process, guarantee precision in customer invoicing and collections, and support key business initiatives 
  • Reconcile and investigate outstanding balances, proactively addressing and resolving any discrepancies. Analyze monthly budget vs actual performance and investigate variances
  • Perform research for technical accounting purposes
  • Responds to inquiries from the CFO and other members of the executive and leadership teams regarding financial results, special reporting requests and the like
  • Stay up-to-date with changes in accounting standards and assess their impact on the company
  • Continuously improve on internal and external processes, data, and reports
  • Mentor and develop the accounting team, promoting a culture of accountability, growth, and continuous improvement.
 
What You'll Need:
  • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 7-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role
  • CPA required
  • Experience working with or for public companies, with a strong understanding of SEC reporting requirements
  • Experience in the consumer goods industry with a solid understanding of inventory and cost accounting in a multi-channel retail environment
  • Strong systems skills: ERPs, Netsuite experience a plus, Excel
  • Strong problem solving aptitude in identifying root causes, gathering and process relevant information, and making recommendations for solutions
  • Ability to effectively analyze transactional level detail in an enterprise resource planning system and articulate the key findings to leadership
  • Proven ability to manage teams, prioritize deliverables, and operate in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
 
Who You Are:
  • Self-motivated, and don’t mind rolling up your sleeves, ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish
  • Have unquestionable integrity
  • Strong communicator and collaborator
  • Always deliver on the task at hand, but also constantly think about how to make things better
  • Can manage both people and process

Salary Range $180-200K

Meet Your Recruiter

Karen Cichocki

Karen is the Director of All Things Business Development at Emerging Blue. She loves meeting new people and is passionate about building strong relationships with her clients. Karen thrives on getting to know brands and the passion and story behind each of them.

 

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

Emerging Blue is committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion with all hiring and employment practices. Our goal is go to create an inclusive environment in which all candidates and employees are treated with respect.

We partner with our clients to create diverse candidate pools, promote equality, and help build positive and inclusive company cultures.

Emerging Blue prohibits discrimination and all forms of applicant and employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, or status in any group protected by state or local law

 

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