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For over 50 years KENT OUTDOORS has been the ultimate destination for outdoor enthusiasts, offering a curated collection of industry-leading brands driven by the pure pursuit of adventure.
KENT Outdoors is a collection of brands all obsessively focused on building the most innovative and reliable equipment for use in our most revered natural playgrounds. We relentlessly dream, build, and offer products that empower the very best days outside. We’re a collection of outdoor fanatics, product geeks, marketing mavens, and entrepreneurs all focused on pushing through boundaries, both on land, and in the water.
Holding true to our roots while evolving for the future, the family of KENT brands today includes Absolute Outdoors, Arctic Shield, Aquaglide, Arbor Snowboards, Barefoot International, BOTE, Connelly, FatSac, Freedom Foil, Full Throttle, HO Sports, Hyperlite, KENT, Liquid Force, Margaritaville, O’Brien, and Onyx.
Your Impact
The Staff Accountant, reporting to the Assistant Controller, is responsible for delivering high quality service to both internal and external customers and will support various areas of the Accounting Department. Those who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and dynamic environment while maintaining exceptional attention to detail while managing multiple priorities, duties and deadlines possess the attributes to be successful in this role. The ideal candidate is also highly motivated, professional, and proactive with the ability to prioritize and maintain professionalism.
What You’ll Do
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly commission payments.
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly royalty payments.
- Preparation of monthly expense accruals; tracking actual spends against budgets and following up on missing invoices. Ensure expense recognition is in accordance with GAAP.
- Preparation of monthly GL reconciliations as assigned including but not limited to Cash, Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses, Accrued Commissions, and Accrued Royalties.
- Preparation of journal entries to accurately record inter-company activity between Kent owned brands.
- Ensure financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported.
- Participates in an accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycle.
- Assists in preparing documents to support audit processes (e.g., annual financial statements, sales/use tax, etc.).
- Responsible for the retention of records relating to the finance department.
What You’ve Accomplished
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- 1 - 3 years of progressive accounting experience
- High level of proficiency with Office 365 suite (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Detail oriented and accurate with numbers and the presentation of accounting data
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and financial regulations.
- Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., Dynamics365, NetSuite, etc.).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines.
How You Thrive
You go “all out.” You tend to approach everything you do with velocity. From your next exhilarating outdoor adventure to scaling meaningful peaks at work, you act with speed, direction, ethics, and forethought. Your efficiency is rooted in the knowledge that resources are not infinite. You are goal-oriented and focused on outcomes. When you see a challenge or obstacle to overcome, you jump in collaboratively to find a solution; team achievements should be celebrated more than individual performance. You are compelled to share your perspective because it is rooted in experience and synthesis thinking - you know that healthy debate yields better decisions. You are humble despite your impressive past accomplishments. Your communication style is honest and forthright, yet empathetic, with everyone.
KENT Outdoors is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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