SmartyPants is looking for a motivated, dedicated, and detail-oriented individual for the Accounts Payable Coordinator position at a leading CPG start-up brand in preventative health.
What You’ll Do:
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the vendor master data, including 1099 maintenance.
- Ensure that all invoices related to Inventory and non- inventory related are booked into the correct G/L account and properly approved prior to processing.
- Validate incoming bills and match to open purchase orders
- Work cross functionally when needed to research and correct discrepancies
- Perform timely and accurate coding of bills to the general ledger accounts and departments
- Prioritize invoices according to discount potential, payment terms and credit limits
- Assist in month-end closing, follow cut off procedures such as proper accrual of SG&A
- Prepare and process weekly A/P Aging report, and A/P check run
- Actively conduct audits of vendor bills and accrue for missing bills for all Inventory related items.
- Maintain organized filing system for all current and archived documents to align with company policy and accepted accounting practices
- Coordinate with other departments to ensure all SG&A invoices are approved and properly accrued
- Respond to Inventory vendor inquiries in a timely and professional manner
- Request and review vendor statements to ensure invoices matches to the vendor statements and resolve discrepancies if any
- Reconcile and process credit card bills and employee expense reports
- Assist with monthly, annual closing and other special projects or tasks as needed
- Other job-related duties as requested
What You Have:
- Must have 2-3 years of experience in related field
- Proficient with computerized accounting systems; experience with Acumatica a plus.
- Strong data entry skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, basic accounting principles knowledge, documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis and multi-tasking skills
- Must be well organized and has strong time management skills
- Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast paced and high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to interact with all personality types and behaviors; flexibility
- Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, fast paced environment
What you’ll get:
- Robust benefits package with employer contribution
- Monthly wellness perks
- Flexible work hours
- FREE SmartyPants Vitamins plus a friends & family discount
- Dog-friendly office
- Casual dress code & open office environment
- Volunteer opportunities
- A rewarding career at a company with a strong mission, great culture, and super fun, passionate people
- The pay range for this position is $60,000 to $70,000. SmartyPants Vitamins takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. This position is bonus eligible. SmartyPants Vitamins employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance, retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays. Any coverages for health insurance will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
Office Environment:
SmartyPants is a fast-moving and mission-driven company that values transparency, excellence, and transformation. Our headquarters in Marina del Rey are a former architect’s office, a two-story space where we work in an open environment with no elevator access to our 2nd floor offices. We have a communal garden, and we are dog-friendly, often with several pups in the office at any given time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as the working environment is open and has no doors or cubicles. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SmartyPants Vitamins is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
About Us:
We are SmartyPants Vitamins – the best-selling vitamin and supplement brand known for making high-quality, nutrient-dense, unbelievably delicious gummy multivitamins for the whole family. In 2020 we joined Unilever as part of the Health & Wellbeing Collective, yielding additional support as we continue to grow the brand globally. From the start, SmartyPants Vitamins has been about family, authenticity and a core commitment to our collective well-being. SmartyPants believes in making it easier to stay healthy by providing best-in-class products that also taste great.
We’re industry leaders in testing, transparency, and advocacy, from sourcing the highest-quality ingredients to testing and packaging. We have an appreciation for the comedy and intensity that comes from working in a company with explosive growth and a strong sense of social responsibility.
Our mission is to bring better health to the real world. How? By making premium products that are crafted to fit delightfully into the lives of real families, and by giving back to women and children in need with the help of our partners at Vitamin Angels. With over 27MM nutrient grants donated to date, and happy customers all over the world, we are well on our way to accomplishing our goal.