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