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Description
Experience Level: Expert
Estimated project duration: Ongoing
We are an e-commerce company looking for a talented Accountant/CPA who can wear many hats at the beginning, and maintain control of our company’s financial success.
Hat 1- Bookkeeper = 5-10% of your time (Less than 100 Transactions per month)
Record day to day financial transactions and complete the posting process
Hat 2- Inventory Manager= 20-25% of your time after set up of Cin7 Inventory system
Key Outcomes Within The 1st Year
No stock outs.
No aging inventory over 90 days.
Key Activities
Demand forecasting
You will be responsible for keeping the optimal inventory levels across our 2 warehouses.
Collaborate with Demand Planning: Sales & Marketing teams, provide sell through projections by sku - to drive replenishment orders.
Review and adjust inventory forecasting spreadsheet; adjust forecast based on new sales deals, marketing campaigns sale through forecast, production or shipping delays - don’t stock out.
Reporting
Hat 3- CFO
The chief financial officer position is accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, to include the development of a financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results. Principal accountabilities are:
Establish and Maintain Controls
Develop systems, processes, procedures and stronger internal controls for the company
Ensure adequate controls are applied and substantiating documentation is approved and available such that all purchases may pass independent and governmental audits.
Help CEO with Strategic Planning
Translate the strategic plan into quantifiable metrics
Establish applicable financial KPIs and Critical Drivers in alignment with strategic objectives
Create and maintain BI dashboards and critical driver scorecards for employees to drive execution of objectives
Prepare and Analyze all financial management reports (Budget/Performance Review/Forecast):
Perform financial analysis of key business data to forecast P&L and provide cash flow management advice
Play an ongoing role in the critical evaluation of the execution of the strategic plan.
Assist operational executives in projecting the real time financial impact of their decisions
Prepare to review stage quarterly and annual financial reports and projected realizations of strategic objectives.
Liaise with external CPA in gathering information for tax return preparation, compilations, reviews, or audits, business advisors to support our long term planning and Auditors
Skill Sets Required:
Education
Bachelor’s or Masters Degree in Accounting from an accredited university
Experience
Minimum 5-7 years experience with the day-to-day financial operations of an organization.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Ecommerce or an equivalent inventory forecasting role
Systems
Cin7
Xero
Competent
Advanced Excel skills (Complex Pivot table and v-look ups)
Demonstrated advanced Excel abilities, mainly for modelling and producing management accounting reports. For example, modelling the costs, revenues and profits for a new line of products, or where launching existing products into a new country. The excel model would follow best practice modelling techniques for easy ‘what if’ analysis. EG, What if we changed the sales price, quantity, or cost drivers etc to easily see the financial impact.
Knowledge of inventory models and metrics
Bonus Traits:
Competent SQL is a Plus
Elevated tax and business services exposure and technical skills
Workspace Requirements
Contractor must have a home office including the following requirements:
15 Mbps/download and 3 Mbps/upload high-speed internet minimum but prefer 20 Mbps or more (Negotiable; If you are awesome, we will figure it out.)
Webcam for video call
RAM: 4GB of higher
What We Offer
Work days are Monday through Friday
Work times are 8am to 12pm US Central Timezone
Pay ranges from $800 to $2000 USD/mo depending on experience
Paid monthly via Paypal
If you think you are a super-star please proceed. If any part of the job description makes you nevrous, please don't.
Hundreds of people will apply for this job. The only way we could filter everyone and find out if you are THE ONE we are looking for was to create a (hopefully fun) challenge.
Don't email us back here - We won't reply.
If you're interested in having a great career, fix the URL below by replacing the {DOT} below with a "." then copy and paste the link below into your browser to start the challenge!
https://tinyurl {DOT} com/ybtf37b7
Hat 1- Bookkeeper = 5-10% of your time (Less than 100 Transactions per month)
Record day to day financial transactions and complete the posting process
Hat 2- Inventory Manager= 20-25% of your time after set up of Cin7 Inventory system
Key Outcomes Within The 1st Year
No stock outs.
No aging inventory over 90 days.
Key Activities
Demand forecasting
You will be responsible for keeping the optimal inventory levels across our 2 warehouses.
Collaborate with Demand Planning: Sales & Marketing teams, provide sell through projections by sku - to drive replenishment orders.
Review and adjust inventory forecasting spreadsheet; adjust forecast based on new sales deals, marketing campaigns sale through forecast, production or shipping delays - don’t stock out.
Reporting
Hat 3- CFO
The chief financial officer position is accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the company, to include the development of a financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results. Principal accountabilities are:
Establish and Maintain Controls
Develop systems, processes, procedures and stronger internal controls for the company
Ensure adequate controls are applied and substantiating documentation is approved and available such that all purchases may pass independent and governmental audits.
Help CEO with Strategic Planning
Translate the strategic plan into quantifiable metrics
Establish applicable financial KPIs and Critical Drivers in alignment with strategic objectives
Create and maintain BI dashboards and critical driver scorecards for employees to drive execution of objectives
Prepare and Analyze all financial management reports (Budget/Performance Review/Forecast):
Perform financial analysis of key business data to forecast P&L and provide cash flow management advice
Play an ongoing role in the critical evaluation of the execution of the strategic plan.
Assist operational executives in projecting the real time financial impact of their decisions
Prepare to review stage quarterly and annual financial reports and projected realizations of strategic objectives.
Liaise with external CPA in gathering information for tax return preparation, compilations, reviews, or audits, business advisors to support our long term planning and Auditors
Skill Sets Required:
Education
Bachelor’s or Masters Degree in Accounting from an accredited university
Experience
Minimum 5-7 years experience with the day-to-day financial operations of an organization.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Ecommerce or an equivalent inventory forecasting role
Systems
Cin7
Xero
Competent
Advanced Excel skills (Complex Pivot table and v-look ups)
Demonstrated advanced Excel abilities, mainly for modelling and producing management accounting reports. For example, modelling the costs, revenues and profits for a new line of products, or where launching existing products into a new country. The excel model would follow best practice modelling techniques for easy ‘what if’ analysis. EG, What if we changed the sales price, quantity, or cost drivers etc to easily see the financial impact.
Knowledge of inventory models and metrics
Bonus Traits:
Competent SQL is a Plus
Elevated tax and business services exposure and technical skills
Workspace Requirements
Contractor must have a home office including the following requirements:
15 Mbps/download and 3 Mbps/upload high-speed internet minimum but prefer 20 Mbps or more (Negotiable; If you are awesome, we will figure it out.)
Webcam for video call
RAM: 4GB of higher
What We Offer
Work days are Monday through Friday
Work times are 8am to 12pm US Central Timezone
Pay ranges from $800 to $2000 USD/mo depending on experience
Paid monthly via Paypal
If you think you are a super-star please proceed. If any part of the job description makes you nevrous, please don't.
Hundreds of people will apply for this job. The only way we could filter everyone and find out if you are THE ONE we are looking for was to create a (hopefully fun) challenge.
Don't email us back here - We won't reply.
If you're interested in having a great career, fix the URL below by replacing the {DOT} below with a "." then copy and paste the link below into your browser to start the challenge!
https://tinyurl {DOT} com/ybtf37b7
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