Accountant

About The Save Mart Companies

The Save Mart Companies operates over 200 stores under banners including Save Mart, Lucky, FoodMaxx, Roth's, and Chuck's Fresh Market.

Job Summary

The Accountant provides analysis while performing accounting functions and reporting in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. The position works independently, exercising problem-solving and resolution skill sets. The position maintains records of financial transactions by establishing accounts, preparing journal entries, balancing ledgers, reconciling accounts, preparing reports, and analyzing financial data/transactions. This position ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and enables executives to make sound business decisions by interpreting financial information.

Key Responsibilities

• Analysis of operational financial statements, including stores cost centers and supply chain cost centers, to ensure accuracy.
• Analyze consolidated financial results and balances as assigned.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of all vendor maintenance within the company’s financial management ERP; maintains, audits, and validates data for integrity and internal/external audit requirements.
• Maintain the chart of accounts utilizing the company’s financial management system.
• Ensure business taxes and licenses are current for all locations, compute monies due, and process for payment, ensuring compliance with Federal, State, Local, and legal requirements.
• Perform cost-of-sales computations and gross profit margins, and ensure accurate recording of inventory.
• Collaborate with business units on physical inventory processes to ensure best practices.
• Analyze unidentified shrink, identify root causes of reported loss, and work with business owners to propose/implement solutions.
• Prepare regulatory agency returns for filings for all locations in accordance with individual county requirements.
• Analyze accounts and record entries to the book of record.
• Act as liaison to various business units, providing support to management for understanding financial results.
• Assist with internal and external financial audits.
• Serve as a financial subject matter expert over multiple systems, including those used to manage distribution center inventory (inbound and outbound data feeds).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong fact-finding skills.
• Knowledge of GAAP.
• Ability to develop standards consistent with corporate policies, procedures, and legal requirements.
• Ability to analyze information and results, and provide reports.
• Ability to deal with complexity.
• Strong attention to detail; thorough and complete.
• Integrity and respect for utmost confidentiality.
• Ability to work at an intermediate accounting level; strong understanding of financial statements.
• Intermediate computer skills (Excel and Word).
• Proficiency in 10-key and calculation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, busy environment.
• Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines while maintaining focus and attention to detail.
• ERP (financial management system).

Qualifications

• 4 year/Bachelors degree, and/or equivalent experience/training.

Other

• Occasional Saturday work and overtime are required.
• Work Environment: Office.