Senior Accountant - Corporate Accounting

We're FORMA. An incubator, accelerator, and curator of today's beauty brands.

We celebrate, support, and seek those changing the world through creative expression. Each brand in our portfolio is thoughtfully selected, acquired, or created because of the products it offers, the stories it tells, and the beauty it spreads.

We're a team made of: Equal parts thinkers and doers. Visionaries and operators. Strategists and creatives- we're united by a fierce entrepreneurial spirit. Our dive in, roll your sleeves up, get your hands' dirty approach to every project leads to extraordinary outcomes, and to some of the most popular beauty products on shelves today. We're a creative, professional, highly collaborative, seasoned, well-oiled team. We're in the business of beauty for a reason. There's nothing our team of 200+ people love more than a good challenge, a great product, and the opportunity to make, celebrate, and spread beauty at scale.

Summary of Position:

The Senior Accountant role will report to the Accounting Manager and will help drive month end close and implement process change within the accounting team. Primary responsibilities will include analysis of accrual accounts, reserve for uncollectible receivables, wholesales sales dilution, DTC returns reserves, accounting for payroll and benefits, and long-term debt. Other responsibilities involve process and system improvements, management reporting and analysis, and supporting other functions within the accounting team as well as the broader organization.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Lead in month-end closes by preparing accruals, preparing journal entries, and reconciling general ledger accounts for assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts (reserve for uncollectible receivables, wholesales sales dilution, DTC returns reserves, accounting for payroll and benefits, and long-term debt)
  • Collaborate with FP&A to perform analysis of month end accruals incorporating trends and budget/forecast as well as discussions with business leaders
  • Develop and implement process improvements, document desktop procedures and processes to achieve efficiencies
  • Support external audit requirements
  • Provide support and documentation for audits
  • Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarter financial statements
  • Assist management in completing special projects and analyses on an ad-hoc basis

Key Working Relationships:

• Accounting and FP&A team members
• Business leaders, especially in Marketing and People

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance required
• 4+ years of related professional experience
• Consumer products or manufacturing industry experience is preferred, but not required
• CPA and or public accounting experience preferred
• NetSuite experience preferred
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Team player and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to perform essential functions (with or without an accommodation) without posing a "direct threat" to the health and safety to self or others.

Additional Information:

FORMA Brands takes a market-based approach to pay, and amounts will vary depending on your geographic location. The salary range reflected here is for positions based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future without notice.

Compensation Range: $75,609 - $114,925

The Company reserves the right to alter, change, abolish and even combine jobs depending upon changing conditions.