Position Overview
- Serve as the CFO’s right hand, assuming ownership of core finance and accounting responsibilities with the opportunity to grow overtime.
- Lead all audit activities and manage external auditors while strengthening internal technical accounting capabilities.
- Interpret and apply current accounting standards; prepare technical accounting memoranda and complex accounting analyses in-house (work currently supported by outside advisors).
- Support public company reporting requirements and ensure ongoing compliance with U.S. GAAP and applicable regulatory standards.
- Assess and upgrade existing processes, many of which are currently manual, and help drive systems improvements and scalability.
- Oversee a Controller; anticipate building out the team further as the company grows.
Systems Environment
- QuickBooks (U.S. entity)
- Microsoft Dynamics (Canadian entity)
- Anticipated evaluation/implementation of ERP platform in the future
Requirements
- Public accounting foundation with strong technical accounting expertise.
- Demonstrated experience leading audits and preparing complex accounting position papers.
- Experience in publicly traded life sciences, biotechnology, or similarly capital-markets-driven environments is strongly preferred.
- Track record of building infrastructure in growth-stage or pre-revenue organizations.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to operate hands-on in a lean environment.
Benefits
- PTO, Medical, dental, and vision
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) plan in development
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What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
