Staff Accountant

| San Francisco, CA
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Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — there are over 1M independent retailers in the U.S. and Canada doing more than twice the revenue of Walmart and Amazon combined. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect a thriving community of over 200,000 local retailers and 15,000 brands around the world. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses can compete with these big box and ecommerce giants. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement.

As an early member of the Accounting Team, you will play an integral role in laying the accounting foundation for a multi- dollar company. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and data-driven environment.

As a Staff Accountant You Will

  • Manage core accounting functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliations, etc.
  • Be a key player in the month-end and year-end close process 
  • Partner closely with FP&A and Financial Reporting teams around monthly variance analysis, management reporting, and GAAP reporting
  • Perform reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP to ensure we are ready for annual audits
  • Document financial processes and accounting policies and standard operating procedures 
  • Work on ad-hoc accounting and finance projects

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience at a Big 4 or startup; CPA a plus
  • Familiar with ERP systems such as Netsuite
  • Ability to think across multiple dimensions of a business and work cross-functionally to deliver results.
  • A team player and commitment to deliver outstanding results while having a fun time with your teammates doing it!
  • You are resourceful and not afraid to roll up your sleeves.
  • Basic SQL knowledge a plus

Why you’ll love working at Faire: 

  • We are entrepreneurs: We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is an owner of the business and taking part in the founding process.
  • We are using tech and machine learning to level the playing field: We are using the power of technology and data to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a thriving community of over 100,000 small business owners.
  • We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
  • We are curious and resourceful: We always find a way to get the job done and come up with creative solutions to whatever problems are standing in our way. People at Faire are insatiably curious. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making and reason from a first principles mindset. 

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have offices in San Francisco, Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, London, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog

Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs.

Additional Information

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

More Information on Faire
Faire operates in the eCommerce industry. The company is located in San Francisco, CA, atlanta, GA, Salt Lake City, UT, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA. Faire was founded in 2017. It has 1200 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Friends outside of work, Eat lunch together, Intracompany committees, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning and Group brainstorming sessions. To see all 28 open jobs at Faire, click here.
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