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You will bring day-to-day accounting in house from an outside firm, run the monthly close end to end, own the general ledger and financial statements, lead deduction and chargeback recovery, and build the dashboards and automated workflows that give management real-time visibility into the business.\nThis is a genuinely technology-forward role. You will use Claude every day, build live dashboards from scratch, and run a cloud finance stack with discipline and ownership. CPG inventory reconciliation experience is a hard requirement - you need to understand how inventory moves through a food brand, how it hits the books, and how to reconcile it accurately across multiple locations and channels. If you bring strong full-cycle depth, US GAAP experience, CPG or food and beverage background, real Claude proficiency, and genuine enthusiasm for building finance infrastructure with AI, this role is a strong fit.\nWhy You'll Want to Join\nYou will be paid in USD (bi-monthly: every 15th and 30th)\nPaid Time Off in accordance with company policy\nObservance of Holidays per company guidelines\n100% remote setup so you can work wherever you're most productive\nThis role requires availability during US business hours\nOwn the entire accounting function of a fast-growing premium food brand with major retail and DTC distribution\nReal room to grow as the company scales, up to running the whole system independently\nWhat You'll Work On\nFull-Cycle Accounting and Monthly Close\nRun the monthly, quarterly, and annual close on a proactive, tight calendar with no chasing and no surprises\nOwn AP, AR, bank and credit card reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and intercompany entries\nKeep an accurate, reconciled balance sheet and a clear, timely income statement with variance commentary management can act on\nWork with the outside firm to internalize their work and steadily take full ownership\nCPG Inventory Reconciliation\nReconcile inventory across finished goods, raw materials, and packaging across multiple locations and channels\nTrack inventory movements from purchase through production, warehousing, and sale and ensure every movement is accurately reflected in the books\nInvestigate and resolve inventory discrepancies between the ledger, warehouse records, and third-party systems\nBuild and maintain inventory reporting that gives management real-time visibility into stock levels, valuation, and COGS\nRevenue Recognition and Financial Statements\nApply US GAAP revenue recognition for CPG and FMCG including gross-to-net, trade spend, slotting, promotions, and returns so the top line is clean and defensible\nKeep the books audit-ready and lender-ready at all times, backed by a clean audit trail that stands up to bank and lender scrutiny\nOwn audit prep and support external auditors and tax preparers\nDeductions and Chargebacks\nOwn retail and distributor deductions and chargebacks end to end including shortages, MCBs, spoilage, and freight\nIdentify, document, validate, and dispute deductions, file at scale, track recovery, and lead the workflow that wins back cash that would otherwise be lost\nReach out to customers and distributors on AR, collections, and disputed deductions to resolve issues early and keep cash coming in\nCost Analysis and Savings\nAnalyze margin, COGS, vendor spend, and freight to find cost leaks and bring management specific, actionable ways to save without being asked\nManage cash reporting, AR aging, vendor terms, and inputs to forecasting and the line of credit\nCompliance\nOwn sales tax, 1099s, and internal controls and keep the company diligence-ready as it raises capital\nDashboard Building and AI-First Ways of Working\nBuild and maintain live dashboards and trackers for close status, AR aging, inventory position, deductions and recovery, cash, and margin - the team should see the numbers without asking\nDesign dashboards that are actionable, not just informational, and update them as the business evolves\nOwn and run the cloud finance stack including Xero and Airtable with disciplined, well-documented books\nConnect and automate across the ledger, banks, Airtable, deduction management, OCR, and settlement tools so data flows without manual re-keying\nUse Claude daily to reconcile, categorize, draft dispute packages, speed up analysis, and build repeatable documented processes around it - always check the AI's work before it reaches the books\nWhat You Bring\nBachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field\nAt least 5 years of full-cycle accounting including running a monthly close and preparing financial statements\nCPG inventory reconciliation experience is preferred - you should understand how inventory moves through a food or consumer goods brand and how to reconcile it accurately across locations and channels\nProven ability to build dashboards that give management live visibility into financial and operational performance\nStrong Claude AI proficiency - you use it daily, you know its limits, and you sanity-check its output before it reaches the books\nWorking command of US GAAP with experience supporting US-based companies\nComfortable owning and running a stack like Xero and Airtable, not just working inside it\nExposure to trade spend, deductions, and distributor or retailer chargeback disputes\nExcellent written and spoken English with proactive communication across time zones\nFlags issues early and closes loops without being asked\nCPG, FMCG, food and beverage, or consumer goods experience strongly preferred\nNice to Have\nCPA or local equivalent\nExperience with natural channel distributors such as UNFI or KeHE\nBackground supporting a high-growth or venture-backed consumer brand\nPrior experience bringing accounting in house from an outside firm\nExperience building automated accounting workflows beyond dashboards including OCR, settlement reconciliation, or deduction management tooling\nHow to Apply\nPlease include:\nYour updated resume\nA short Loom video (1 to 2 minutes) introducing yourself, describing your CPG inventory reconciliation experience, walking through a dashboard you built and what it enabled, and explaining how you use Claude in your daily accounting workflow\nOnly candidates who submit a Loom video will be moved to the next step of the hiring process.\nIf you are a sharp, full-cycle accountant who can own the books end to end, reconcile CPG inventory accurately, build dashboards that actually get used, and use Claude every day to run a finance function that punches above its weight, this role gives you the ownership and the room to grow to do your best work.\nApplication Process Overview\nOur comprehensive selection process ensures we find the right fit for both you and our clients:\nInitial Application - 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