Accounting Manager (SF Bay Area Applicants only)

About Us:

Proudly serving our San Francisco Bay Area communities since 1986, Mollie Stone’s Markets is a local, family-owned grocery store chain. With over 38 years of exemplary performance, Mollie Stone’s Markets continues to make a difference in people’s lives through food. We succeed in the industry by ensuring we deliver a large variety of exciting and quality products in an attractive and positive environment. Our roots remain in healthy, natural and specialty foods. Mollie Stone’s Buyers work closely with local producers around the greater Bay Area to bring high quality products to every aisle. Our goal is to surprise and delight our customers.

We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice, and we are proud to offer competitive wages, paid time off, physical and mental health benefits, 401(k) or pension plan, as well as career training programs through our professional partnerships. As a local, family owned and operated business, we are grateful to our customers as they support our vision, which allows us to care for our employees by making a difference in their lives.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and manage day-to-day accounting operations to ensure accurate and timely accounting of all financial records and compilation of financial reports
• Collaborate with out-sourced parties to compile the financial reports on a timely basis and develop custom reports for financial analysis
• Audit the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, inventory, and various other expense accounts
• Maintain the fixed assets, leasehold improvement, amortization schedule and depreciation schedule
• Review month-end reconciliations of all bank statements and all Balance Sheet accounts
• Compile weekly sales information to provide reporting by department and location to Management teams
• Develop methods for automation to extract information from Financial Statements, Sales, and Payroll reports to provide Management with meaning analytics and performance
• Develop methods for automation of Bonus incentives and determine projections for quarterly targets and payroll liability at the end of each accounting period
• Automate process for calculation Labor distribution by employee headcount, department, and location
• Develop and maintain accounting processes to ensure compliance with US GAAP and other applicable standards
• Coordinate and oversee the external audits and compliance activities, including documentation, support, and correspondence to external auditors
• Compile, implement and consistently update internal accounting procedures
• Maintain current knowledge of government tax rates, sales tax rates and regulations to mitigate any unforeseen liabilities
• Ad-hoc projects as needed to support business objectives

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Seven (7)+ years of progressive accounting experience with two (2)+ years in an accounting management role
• Expert level in Microsoft Excel and Office Suite applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA, CPA candidate, or advanced degree
• Proven ability to identify and drive process and system improvements

Supervisory Responsibility

The accounting manager manages all employees of the accounting department and is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.

Competencies:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills with diligence and attention to details;
• Outstanding interpersonal skills which demonstrate conscientiousness, diplomacy, and dependability;
• Flexible to a fast-changing environment and willingness to adapt to constant changes;
• Financial Management;
• Ethical Conduct;
• Thoroughness and follow-through;
• Cooperation and collaboration towards solutions;
• Effective and positive people management experience;
• Ability to multitask and adjust to competing priorities;
• Highest level of integrity and accountability; ability to hold self and others accountable for high-quality, timely and effective results.
• Business acumen and critical evaluation.
• Passion for food and hospitality.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a largely sedentary role; however, some filing is required, which would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Travel Requirements:

• Independent and reliable local travel up to 10% of the time

Compensation:

Depending on Experience: $105-125k annually

Benefits Packet includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Ins, VTL, 401(k), Profit Sharing, etc.
PTO: Vacation, Floaters, CA Sick Time.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time.