ABOUT THE TEAM

The Stitch Fix Finance team enables our clients to be their best selves. We broadly define our clients as customers, business partners, and shareholders. We drive value through business partner support, innovative and insightful analysis, and financial integrity. We are looking for bright, kind, and motivated-by-challenge individuals who succeed in a fast-paced environment and thrive in building and improving processes to scale the business to the next level.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the International Accounting Manager, you will be an outstanding leader and manager, able to strike the right balance of accounting integrity with business practicality. You will lead and direct a dynamic general ledger team capable of being a key contributor to a rapidly growing and changing business environment. You will act as a true partner to the organization, always approaching work with a lens of adding value to the company and excited to be a part of one of the fastest growing eCommerce teams.

This role will play a pivotal part in GL readiness for international expansion. To start, however, this role will focus on core US/UK GL areas in order to obtain a base understanding and knowledge of our business operations and accounting processes and procedures. 

YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WILL...

Core GL

• Manage, mentor, and inspire a general ledger team of 3+ members
• Manage all aspects of general ledger accounting for your specific areas, including month-end and quarter-end close, quarterly reviews, and annual audit.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with the Company’s accounting policies and procedures environment, including payroll and benefits, cash, prepaids, accruals, marketing, and other balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Lead system and process optimization projects within the overall record-to-report process, in partnership with the IT team, to drive operational efficiencies and advance our mission to make the shift from a transactional to a transformational Finance organization.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with Operations, FP&A, Legal, IT and other various business owners to understand and advise on business transactions and the related accounting impact.
• Partner with our SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting group to help understand and implement new GAAP and reporting requirements.
• Support the preparation of SEC Footnotes and disclosures through the detailed review & preparation of supporting schedules.
• Own the continual development and execution of control structures for GL accounting in accordance with SOX 404 requirements; serve as a thought partner for Operations, IT, and other teams on their control structures.
• Develop and prepare internal management reporting documents to support company decision making and analysis.
• Support ad-hoc projects as appropriate.

International Expansion

• Build accounting operations processes, procedures, and systems for international expansion projects. 
• Lead the build-out of our new international Chart of Accounts structure in Oracle. This includes, but is not limited to: setting up new ledger(s), setting up intercompany/translation/revaluation rules, currency exchange rate maintenance, etc. 
• Assist with the development of an allocation and cross-charge methodology between entities.
• Manage all aspects of international general ledger accounting functions including, month-end and quarter-end close, quarterly reviews, and annual audit. 
• Optimize system accounting functionality for streamlined international reporting. 
• Hire, lead, and develop a team of international accountants.
• Partner with the SOX team to develop and implement an internal control structure for our international operations. 
• Partner with FP&A and our International Operations teams to interpret trends and variances from budget related to our international operations. 
• As this role will deal with International teams, morning/evening work may be required. 

WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT YOU BECAUSE YOU...

• Have a Bachelor’s degree with a major in Accounting. Active CPA is preferred.
• Bring 7-8+ years of work experience, including public accounting experience at a large firm, and have managed the close process. Experience in international eCommerce and retail is a plus.
• Have 2+ years of experience in a relevant role, working with international entities.
• Have 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• Possess strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, mentor and develop others, and motivate teams to produce quality work within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Have excellent technical accounting skills with detailed understanding of current GAAP standards and experience in exercising judgment and developing accounting positions
• Have deep experience in successfully leading a close and executing improvements to reduce the number of close days.
• Have deep experience working with accounting & financial reporting systems, designing & implementing ERP systems, and SOX compliance
• Embrace technology and realize its potential to drive decision making and process improvements
• Are organized and have meticulous attention to detail, superb time management, and problem solving skills
• Can work with your team to establish goals and objectives that lead to the professional development of each individual.
• Above all else, you are bright, kind, and motivated by challenge

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING AT STITCH FIX

• We are a group of people who are bright, kind and motivated by challenge. You can be your authentic self here, and are empowered to encourage others to do the same!
• We are a successful, fast-growing company at the forefront of tech and fashion, redefining retail for the next generation
• We are a technologically and data-driven business
• We are committed to our clients and connected through our vision of “Transforming the way people find what they love”
• We love solving problems, thinking creatively and trying new things
• We believe in autonomy & taking initiative
• We are challenged, developed and have meaningful impact
• We take what we do seriously. We don’t take ourselves seriously
• We have a smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right & is open to new ideas
• We offer competitive compensation packages and comprehensive health benefits
• You will be proud to say that you work for Stitch Fix and will know that the work you do brings joy to our clients every day

About Stitch Fix

At Stitch Fix, we’re about personal styling for everybody and we believe in both a service and a workplace where you can be your best, most authentic self. We’re the first fashion retailer to combine technology and data science with the human instinct of a Stylist to deliver a deeply personalized shopping experience. This novel juxtaposition attracts a highly diverse group of talented people who are both thinkers and doers. All of this results in a simple, powerful offering to our customers and a successful, growing business serving millions of men, women, and kids. We believe we are only scratching the surface on our opportunity, and we’re looking for incredible people like you to help us carry on that trend.

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