Logo for Scale Army Careers

Full Stack Accountant

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Experience managing full-cycle accounting and financial operations
  • Strong spreadsheet and financial analysis skills
  • Comfortable operating within messy or imperfect systems without losing momentum
  • Experience within retail, wholesale, ecommerce, DTC, or inventory-based businesses preferred

Responsibilities

  • Own the full general ledger and monthly close process end-to-end
  • Track invoices and proactively manage collections
  • Own landed cost calculations and run inventory reconciliations
  • Ensure financial statements are accurate, reviewable, and delivered on schedule

Key facts

Other skills

  • Budgeting
  • Spreadsheets
  • Communication
  • Detail Oriented
  • Problem Solving
  • Calmness Under Pressure

About the company

Scale Army Careers logo

Scale Army Careers

Most job boards make candidates do all the workβ€”decoding vague posts, chasing unclear compensations, and applying into the void. We built Scale Army Careers to change that. We connect talented people around the world with remote roles in the U.S., Paid in USD. We're here to help you grow your career. Every position is clear, vetted, and backed by expert review. If you’re a fit, you’ll hear from us within 72 hours. No guesswork. No chaos. Just great jobs, matched right. β†’ Keep an eye on our listings. New roles drop often, and they move fast.

Company details

Company size11 - 50

Your match analysis

See how your profile stacks up against this role.

We compared the job requirements to your profile to show where you're strong and where you fall short.

Job description

This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone.

 

Our client is a fast-growing consumer brand operating across retail, wholesale, DTC, and dropship channels. The company is seeking a highly hands-on Accountant to manage financial operations, improve financial accuracy, strengthen operational controls, and provide leadership with reliable financial data to support business decisions. This role sits at the intersection of accounting, operations, inventory, and financial analysis within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Location

Fully Remote | 9 AM - 5 PM EST

Role Overview

The Full Stack Accountant will own the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the company’s financial books and operational accounting processes.

This is not a pure bookkeeping role. The position requires a highly operational finance professional who can manage reconciliations, deductions, inventory accounting, accounts receivable, budgeting oversight, financial reporting, and compliance while helping leadership maintain visibility into financial performance and operational risks.

The ideal candidate is highly hands-on, analytical, proactive, and comfortable operating within fast-moving and imperfect systems while taking ownership of financial accuracy and operational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Books Ownership & Month-End Close

  • Own the full general ledger and monthly close process end-to-end

  • Deliver accurate Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flow reports by agreed close deadlines

  • Support year-end close activities and external CPA workpaper preparation

  • Maintain a clean, logical, and consistent chart of accounts and class tracking structure

Accounts Receivable & Deduction Management

  • Track invoices and proactively manage collections

  • Gather, review, and apply sales and remittance details from vendor portals and EDI systems

  • Apply payments and reconcile customer accounts

  • Research and resolve short pays, chargebacks, deductions, and discrepancies

  • Monitor aging reports and address overdue accounts before escalation

  • Pursue valid chargeback reversals and document recovery outcomes

Inventory & COGS Accuracy

  • Own landed cost calculations

  • Run inventory reconciliations and validate inventory balances against physical counts

  • Record approved inventory adjustments, shrink, and write-offs

  • Validate inventory purchases against budgets and cash flow considerations

Reporting & Compliance

  • Calculate product-level margin and contribution margin by SKU

  • Analyze margin performance across channels including Costco, Sam’s Club, and DTC

  • Evaluate TPRs, discounts, and markdown impacts

  • Monitor sales tax returns and submit corrections where needed

  • Support external CPA partners with financial statements, audits, and tax preparation materials

  • Surface financial trends, risks, discrepancies, and anomalies proactively to leadership

Financial Operations & Business Support

  • Ensure financial statements are accurate, reviewable, and delivered on schedule

  • Monitor budget overages and underages and bring attention to variances

  • Ensure taxes are filed accurately and on time across jurisdictions

  • Build streamlined reporting processes and reduce unnecessary ad hoc work

  • Contribute to operational and financial decision-making through data-backed recommendations

  • Work closely with the COO and CEO in a highly collaborative and fast-moving environment

Qualifications

Experience

  • Experience managing full-cycle accounting and financial operations

  • Experience handling month-end close, reconciliations, AR management, and financial reporting

  • Experience working within retail, wholesale, ecommerce, DTC, or inventory-based businesses preferred

  • Experience supporting inventory accounting, landed costs, and margin analysis preferred

  • Mid-level to senior-level accounting experience with strong operational execution skills

  • Experience working within fast-paced and high-growth environments preferred

Skills

  • Strong spreadsheet and financial analysis skills

  • Strong understanding of accounting operations, reconciliations, and financial controls

  • Ability to identify discrepancies, analyze financial issues, and implement solutions proactively

  • Comfortable operating within messy or imperfect systems without losing momentum

  • Strong ownership mentality and ability to operate independently

  • Direct communicator who is comfortable challenging assumptions and escalating issues when necessary

  • Calm under pressure and highly execution-focused

  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to financial accuracy

  • Experience with QuickBooks, Bill.com, retailer portals, Shopify, Mirakl, DSCO/Rithum, Braintree, and PayPal preferred

What Success Looks Like

  • Leadership trusts the financial data and can make decisions confidently

  • Month-end close is completed accurately and on time each month

  • AR aging remains current and overdue accounts are proactively managed

  • Deductions, chargebacks, short pays, and discrepancies are researched and resolved efficiently

  • Inventory purchases are validated against budgets and cash flow before purchase orders are issued

  • Financial reporting, reconciliations, and operational accounting processes remain accurate and reliable

Opportunity

This is an opportunity to step into a highly impactful operational accounting role within a fast-growing consumer brand. The right candidate will work closely with executive leadership, influence key business decisions, strengthen financial controls, and help build scalable accounting and operational processes across multiple sales channels. The role offers strong ownership, meaningful business impact, and exposure to complex ecommerce and retail financial operations.

Application Process:

To be considered for this role these steps need to be followed:

  • Fill in the application form

  • Record a video showcasing your skill sets

Apply once. Then go straight to the hiring manager.

After you apply, unlock the direct contact details of the people who actually make the call. A quick follow-up makes you 5x more likely to land an interview.

MR

Marcus Rivera

Chief Revenue Officer

m.rivera@company.com
linkedin.com/in/marcusrivera
Unlocked after you apply
Β·

Full Stack Engineer Related jobs

Other jobs at Scale Army Careers

Premium

Reach out to the hiring manager directly.

Gain access to the contact details of the hiring managers who actually decide, and reach out to network with them directly. That, plus more when you upgrade:

  • Full match report with fit score and gaps
  • Career diagnostics on how recruiters read you
  • Curated company matches and warm intros
  • 48h early access to new roles

Cancel anytime.