Staff Accountant 

About Leap:

Leap is building the world's largest network of branded retail stores – powered by data, systems and scale. The Leap Platform enables brands to deploy stores that work in concert with ecommerce more rapidly and at significantly reduced cost and risk. Brand stores powered by Leap bring modern brands to life with compelling, immersive customer experience and data driven operations. Leap brand customers are modern brands who lead or aspire to lead their categories today and tomorrow, and outstanding People are at the core of our product.  

From delivering premium retail locations and store design to day-to-day operations and staff management, our technology abstracts all the key elements to be a successful retail business.  Leap has raised $70M in current funding and is on track to reach $100M in APR. 

At Leap, our diverse, growing team is excited by the opportunity to power the next generation of leading consumer brands with a vibrant presence in local communities throughout the country.  Our organization is composed of a diverse range of talented individuals and teams.  With functions like Real Estate, Store Design & Development, Retail Operations, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management and Data Science, we're a truly unique company; however, our shared ambitions and core values tightly align and drive us to succeed. 

Come take this leap with us. Your ideas, thinking, leadership, and voice are wanted.

About the role:

As one of the foundational roles within our Accounting and Finance team, you'll play a key role in the maintaining our accounting and finance capabilities including core workflows and systems for the management and analysis of revenue and expenses, lease accounting, fixed asset accounting, employee compensation, cash management, financial reporting and more. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and organizational skills that help support the accurate and timely submission of financial accounting data to the leadership. 

Core responsibilities:   

Revenue and expense/cost accounting:

• Perform weekly cash reconciliations

• Assist in the monthly invoicing of brand billing statements by retrieving reports from various data sources and compiling into usable formats

• Assist in the preparation and distribution of monthly financial reports to internal & external stakeholders

• Assist in managing the lease accounting for all of Leap’s real estate locations, including ensuring timely payment of monthly fixed and percentage rents due

• Responsible for new store opening administrative items, such as tax registrations, city/state/county business registrations, insurance documentation, and other related licenses

• Manage the fixed asset subledger, including ensuring assets are categorized appropriately, depreciated correctly, and classified to the correct store

  Corporate & administrative systems and workflows: 

• Assist in month-end close process - prepare workpapers, journal entries, and draft financial statements for review by the Accounting Manager

• Draft brand billing statements and invoices

• Reconcile monthly sales & use tax related filings with tax authorities.

• Conduct bi-weekly expense reimbursement processing

• Reconcile key balance sheet accounts

• Support ad hoc management analysis requests

• Work with the Director of Accounting and other business stakeholders to brainstorm, analyze, and implement process improvements and automation.

   

  Outcomes & Measures of Success:

• Consistent, timely execution and delivery of accounting workflows and related business financial performance reports with thoughtful analysis and insights 

• Contributions to the development and implementation of Accounting & Finance workflows, systems/tools and team development

• Contribution to the development of a team-oriented, high performance culture within the firm

• Successful collaboration with operational peers and team members across the organization

   

  Candidate Requirements

• Netsuite experience

• Lease accounting

   

  Candidate Preferences:

• 1+ years operational accounting experience

• Retail industry experience preferred

• Understanding of GAAP accounting, financial analysis standards and best practices

• Enjoy working in a collaborative work setting

• Communicates clearly in both verbal and written settings

• Highly organized and detail oriented, able to manage and keep records and processes up to date

• High level of comfort working in a fast-moving workplace culture

• Entrepreneurial mindset and self-starting working style

   

  Leap EEO statement

  However you identify, whatever your path to get here; Leap celebrates diversity and is committed to maintaining a safe, rewarding and inclusive environment where Leapers thrive individually and as a team. 

  In order to achieve our mission, building the world's largest network of branded retail stores – powered by data, systems and scale; we need to work hard to foster a diverse community to support the brands and customers we serve. These aren't just words, this is who we are. We know that our differences are what make our organization special and are paramount to our culture. Your age, skin color, beliefs, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, parental status, vet status, gender identity are valued.

  Pay Transparency: $65,000-$80,000

   

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