Senior Accountant, Zola
$90-100k
More information about location
Office located in Manhattan, NY
Online wedding registry, planner & retailer
Open for applications
Online wedding registry, planner & retailer
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$90-100k
More information about location
Office located in Manhattan, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make engaged couples happy.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, possesses a sharp technical eye for GAAP compliance, and is motivated by the opportunity to scale accounting operations
- 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience; a mix of public accounting and in-house experience strongly preferred
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license (active or in-progress)
- Strong foundational knowledge of U.S. GAAP and proficiency with ERP systems
- “Builder” Mentality: Find ways to make a process or accounting area better, faster and more accurate
- Advanced Excel skills required. Experience leveraging AI/automation tools a plus
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain accounting treatments to non-finance stakeholders
- Obsessive attention to detail and highest level of integrity
What the job involves
- Zola is seeking a high-caliber Senior Accountant to join our finance team
- Month-End Close: Prepare and post journal entries for key accounting areas including those areas which involve management estimation. Full ownership of balance sheet accounts
- Variance analysis: Prepare substantiated variance analysis vs. budget and prior year. Translate accounting results into narratives that non-finance stakeholders
- Audit and Compliance: Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors; prepare audit workpapers, manage request lists, and ensure a seamless year-end audit process
- Process Enhancement: Proactively identify "bottlenecks" in the accounting cycle and implement automation, AI tools or workflow improvements to increase efficiency. Draft and maintain comprehensive formal process documentation; assist in the design and implementation of internal controls
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with teams to ensure accounting workflows reflect the current state of the business
Our take
Zola is one of the most well-known and popular online wedding registries. It makes it easier for couples to build a gift registry by partnering with hundreds of brands, while also offering a range of other wedding related services such as guest list and invite planning, wedding website creation, and even wedding dress sales.
Since launching in 2013, the company has become one of the biggest disruptors in the growing wedding registry niche, just ahead of the likes of Honeyfund and Crate & Barrel. With the US wedding industry worth roughly $70.3B, there’s plenty of profit to be made in this space, despite competition from giants like Amazon and Target.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$100m
SERIES D
Jan 2018
$25m
SERIES C
Total funding: $169.3m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Shan-Lyn Ma
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Yahoo, and Chief Product Officer at ecommerce jewelry company Chloe + Isabel. Before co-founding Zola, founded and was General Manager of artisanal food marketplace Gilt Taste.
Nobu Nakaguchi
(Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer)Before co-founding Zola, worked for Gilt Groupe in a number of senior roles including Product Management and User Experience. Founded and was Design Director at nn27, a digital product design consultancy.
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