Staff Accountant, Retail

Full job description
Warby Parker is looking for a skilled Staff Accountant to assist the Accounting team in managing accounting for all aspects of our Retail business, including lease accounting and the review and maintenance of ASC 842, fixed asset accounting, and software capitalization. In this role, you'll also help achieve the department's goals by supporting our month-end close and improving the efficiency of our processes. Our ideal candidate is a self-motivated and ambitious individual with an eye for detail and an itch to learn. Sound like you? Read on!

What you'll do:

Assist with the lease accounting for a growing retail footprint (about 40+ new leases a year!), focusing on period-end closing and financial reporting
Prepare journal entries as an essential member of the monthly close process
Prepare essential leasing and fixed asset account reconciliations, including managing the leasing and fixed asset subledgers and associated reconciliations
Review and analyze monthly operating expense activity and determine additional monthly accruals or required adjusting journal entries
Examine and research invoices for capitalization consideration
Work closely with the Senior Accounting team to aid in income statement reporting, lead sheet analysis, and external financial reporting
Facilitate leasing and fixed asset-related SOX controls
Support long-term accounting projects that will help improve monitoring and efficiency capabilities and grow our business
Provide variance analysis for the Accounting team and senior management
Aid in quarterly external audit requests for leases and fixed assets
Communicate with various teams regarding retail accounting inquiries
Who you are:

Backed by 1+ year of general accounting experience within consumer products, retail, auditing, or another related industry
The proud owner of a Bachelor of Science in accounting or finance
A total Excel expert (keyboard shortcuts are your love language)
Eager to work in a fast-paced environment
Super serious about your work (without taking yourself too seriously)
A highly collaborative and communicative team player and self-starter willing to roll up your sleeves and get the job done
Highly organized and detail-oriented (improving and documenting processes is your bread and butter)
A dexterous multitasker who can prioritize several projects without losing focus
Positive, kind, and excited by a challenge
Not on the Office of Inspector General's List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
Extra credit:

A CPA (or looking to be one very soon!)
Oracle Cloud experience
SOX control experience
Lucernex database experience
Fixed asset experience
Lease accounting experience

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