Manager of Accounting, Happiest Baby
$110-130k
Baby sleep solutions
Be an early applicant
Baby sleep solutions
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-130k
101-200 employees
Company mission
Happiest Baby's mission is to help parents succeed at their most important job – raising healthy, happy children.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration
- Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a product-based or startup environment
- Solid understanding of US GAAP, inventory costing methods, and financial controls
- Strong technical skills in Excel (Power Query, Power Pivot), and working knowledge of SQL or VBA
- Experience with QuickBooks Enterprise or similar ERP systems
- CPA preferred
- Fierce curiosity and a growth mindset
- Self-motivated, hands-on, and solution-oriented
- Confident yet humble; eager to learn and develop others
- Able to thrive in a lean, fast-paced, and mission-driven environment
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to collaborate across departments
What the job involves
- The Senior Manager, Accounting will lead our accounting operations with a strong focus on inventory and cost accounting, process improvement, and internal controls
- This high-visibility role reports directly to the VP, Finance and Accounting and works cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Customer Care, and senior leadership
- This role requires hands-on accounting expertise, system fluency, and the ability to manage and coach others, while rolling up your sleeves as needed
- Own end-to-end GL accounting for accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll
- Oversee monthly close processes, including preparation of accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis of results
- Coordinate with FP&A to ensure timely and accurate actuals for forecasting models
- Prepare audit schedules and serve as key liaison for year-end audit
- Recognize and defer recognition of revenue, including accruing for refunds reserves, and warranty reserves
- Manage all aspects of order to cash accounting
- Manage all aspects of inventory accounting including tracking, valuation, reconciliations, and reporting
- Record and monitor inventory transactions (procurement, inbound, transfers, consumption, etc.) across all warehouses and 3PL sites
- Maintain and reconcile inventory subledgers: Deposits with Vendors, Inventory in Transit, Freight Clearing, Rental Assets, and Prepaids
- Maintain and update inventory roll forwards, depreciation schedules, and inventory aging / E&O reserves
- Debt and Equity roll forwards, analyses and reconciliations
- Lead annual physical inventory counts and coordinate audits of inventory balances
- Identify and implement automation and workflow improvements across accounting functions
- Strengthen internal controls, documentation, and audit-readiness
- Collaborate cross-functionally to improve inventory tracking, purchasing workflows, and reporting accuracy
- Help enforce data integrity and cutoff policies across the enterprise
- Coordinate with external tax accountants on state and local sales taxes (SALT), VAT, PST, GST, and, income tax filings
- Ensure compliance with local and global tax obligations
Our take
Happiest Baby, which was co-founded by celebrated pediatrician and author Dr. Harvey Karp, has been on a dramatic upward trajectory since releasing the SNOO, a “smart sleeper” bassinet in 2016.
While the company sells a range of sleep-focused products for infants, its flagship offering has attracted huge plaudits (and millions of dollars), for how it automatically soothes irritated babies, helping them to sleep better for longer.
While there was quite a lot of discussion about a potential billion dollar sale or indeed an IPO in 2021, neither has come to pass as of yet. However, that these options have been explored indicates the health that the company is in.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2021
$45m
SERIES C
Dec 2019
$12.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $90.3m
Company benefits
- Top notch health/dental/eyecare plan
- 401(k) plan
- Daily catered lunches
- Take-what-you-need vacation
- Dog-friendly environment
- Indoor-outdoor workspace
- Working with a great team that is literally saving babies’ lives!
Company HQ
Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
One of the world's most respected pediatricians, and author of the book series "Happiest Baby on the Block". Former Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA and University of Southern California.
Nina Montée Karp
(President)Producer, director, and environmental activist. Founder & President of Montée Productions since 1998. Board Member at a number of environment and health focused non profits including Environmental Working Group and Breastcancer.org.
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