Financial Systems and Accounting Project Manager

About Weee!

Weee! is the largest and fastest-growing ethnic e-grocer in the United States, operating in one of the largest underserved categories in retail with affordable access to exciting ethnic food. By partnering with local suppliers, redesigning the value chain and leveraging social buying, Weee! is reshaping the grocery business entirely. You can read more about us on Business Insider, Reuters and TechCrunch.

Weee! is headquartered in Fremont, CA, and is currently available coast to coast with exceptional growth (5x YoY) across geographies, categories and ethnicities. We have raised $800M+ in funding to date from leading investors including Softbank Vision Funds, DST, Blackstone, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Ventures, Goodwater Capital, XVC and iFly. The opportunity now is to join a rocketship as we prepare for the next stage of growth, and an eventual public listing.

About the Role 

We are looking for a Financial Systems and Accounting Project Manager to be responsible for partnering directly with the Senior Managers responsible for general Accounting, Tax, External reporting, Revenue, and Consolidation to define scalable processes and system solutions for the controllership organization. 

This position will report directly to the VP, Corporate Controller.

Responsibilities

The finance related projects you will be working on will relate to the areas of GL, Consolidations, Leasing, Fixed Assets, COA, Inventory, Allocations, M&A, and others.

• Translate strategic vision into action by effectively driving the implementation of cross functional initiatives
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for Corporate and OpEx Accounting, providing insights into current state, solution recommendations, and serving as their proxy in project meetings
• Create, implement, and maintain a process to capture and prioritize projects
• Collaborate with teams to complete root cause analyses, gather requirements, prepare process flows, and document existing controls
• Lead cross-functional brainstorming sessions and workshops to tease out new ideas and to understand existing pain points
• Drive the problem-solving process, support research and analysis, and collaborate with teams to determine recommendations for management’s consideration
• Develop operational policies based on technical guidance/policies, and document operational procedures
• Develop and implement communications strategy supporting change management efforts and ensuring adoption
• Identify and recommend emerging opportunities, tools, trends that if implemented could significantly increase scalability, accuracy, timeliness and/or reduce risk
• Effectively communicate opportunities, objectives, status, resource needs, and business cases
• Create roadmaps that clearly articulate how the recommended processes and/or systems lead to improvements or the organization’s goals
• Work closely with the SAP team’s project managers to implement large scale transformative projects
• Represent functional teams, supply insights and knowledge related to their processes, and collaboratively work to build out scalable, end-to-end solutions for the entire organization

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or computer information systems
• 5+ years of experience leading cross functional projects
• Demonstrated the ability to drive change and deliver results in a high-growth, dynamic, and fast-paced environment
• Broad knowledge of US GAAP with a deep understanding of SOX and how to define/create effective controls
• Deep understanding of financial systems and how to use the systems to operationalize technical policies
• Broad, current knowledge of best practices and emerging opportunities
• Internal use software
• Translation and remeasurement
• Ability to manage multiple projects and timelines simultaneously
• Experience in a high growth, fast-paced startup
• Strong writing, oral communication, analytical capabilities, and interpersonal skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance package, including medical, dental, and vision.  PPO/HMO packages
• 401k, 4% company match
• Equity and Bonus 
• Vacation, sick and holiday time off
• Monthly mobile stipend
• Monthly Weee! Points credits

Compensation Range

• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $123,000.00 - $145,000.00
• This role may be eligible to discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits 
• Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum base salary for new hires for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by multiple factors like job-related skills, experience and work locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include any variable compensation elements.

Weee! is an equal opportunity employer welcoming all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.  Discrimination or harassment of any kind is not tolerated at Weee!. If you need to inquire about an accommodation or need assistance with completing the application, please email us at [email protected].

For more jobs and to find out more about Weee!, visit our career page: https://about.sayweee.com/careers

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