Staff Accountant

Company: Caliper Foods
Location: Commerce City
Posted on: June 21, 2022

Job Description:

About Caliper Caliper Foods was founded in 2015 on the belief that cannabinoids represent a major new category in functional ingredients. Today, we offer safe and standardized hemp-derived soluble cannabinoids to consumers and manufacturers alike. Our consumer division, Caliper Consumer, produces and sells Caliper CBD and Caliper Swiftsticks online and in retail channels nationwide. Our ingredients division, Caliper Ingredients, produces standardized, soluble cannabinoid ingredients for CPG companies that care about compliance. Finally, our sister company, Ripple, makes and sells Ripple, a leading THC edibles brand in Colorado and Michigan.
About the JobNote: We are a 100% vaccinated company. All employees must either be fully vaccinated or in the process of becoming fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
We are looking for a Staff Accountant to help our Finance Team provide business performance data to Leadership in order to help drive business decision making. You will be responsible for AP, month-end financial preparation, use tax as well as assisting in the purchasing function for our production facility. You know how to work quickly and accurately, and have a thorough understanding of GAAP accounting principles.
To succeed in this role, you must be the type of person who can jump right in, be comfortable creating processes, and tweaking them when they no longer suit the business. When faced with ambiguity, your first instinct should be to think, not panic or shut down. You should love creating order from chaos (though our books, while imperfect, are hardly chaotic), and thrive on acting as an informational resource to other departments.
Your responsibilities will include:Accounting

• Accountable for the General Ledger accuracy
• Accurately and timely review, code, and process vendor invoices
• Prepare weekly AP Aging reports and recommend payments to make
• Process weekly payments to vendors
• Perform data entry updates associated with accounts payable vendors
• Address and respond to vendor inquiries
• Audit and categorize credit card transactions on a weekly basis, and create intercompany invoices as necessary to support credit card transactions
• Manage and categorize company bank transactions
• Perform end-of-month duties as needed including reconciliations
• Assist in the preparation of year end tax forms, as necessary
• Process monthly employee reimbursements and payments
• Maintain professional relationships with all current key suppliers as well as forming new vendor relationships
• Resolve supplier issues in relation to delivery dates, quality, spec, quantity, or cost when occasions arise
• Manage employee expense reimbursements
  What we'll love about you:
  • A team player with a distaste for mercenaries
  • A process-oriented problem solver who can manage complex situations without panicking
  • An organized, proactive nature that loves building systems and tools
  • An emotionally mature adult who prefers to work with other emotionally mature adults
  • A willingness to admit error quickly and move immediately on to improvement
  • Excellent time management skills
  • Ability to work well in a team environment while focusing on individual tasks and priorities
  • Possess innovative problem solving skills and flexible mind-set
  • Self-starter, dependable and possess the ability to respond quickly and accurately on multiple priorities
    What you'll love about us:
    • We are a team of competent, motivated, diverse, and decent adults.
    • We offer competitive compensation, 100% paid health benefits, sick leave, 401k, and a fun, relaxed office environment.
    • We value reasoned debate over political maneuvering. We try to do the right thing and, more importantly, we try to identify and admit when we don't.
    • We offer flexible PTO for all full-time employees. We too value health, relaxation, and spending time with friends and family.
    • Fire drills are the exception, not the norm.
    • For more details on the culture we foster, visit: trycaliper.com/values
      Qualifications:
      • Bachelor Degree in Accounting
      • 2-5 years accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment
      • Experience with complex entity structures and consolidated financial statements
      • Required experience in QuickBooks Online
      • Strong knowledge of MS Excel, and Google Sheets; expert-level Pivot Table skills a plus
      • Excellent analytical and communication skills
      • Go-getter attitude who wants to build an accounting career
      • Superior attention to detail
      • Caliper is a 100% vaccinated company. All employees must either be fully vaccinated or in the process of becoming fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
        Compensation: $45-$65k/year

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