Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant — LOVE LLC Location: New York, NY (60 Charlton Street) — In-office

Reports to: Controller

Type: Full-time

About LOVE LOVE LLC is the company behind Be LOVE, a fast-growing functional beverage brand across Hydration, Energy, and Protein in 11,000+ doors, Amazon, and DTC. Founded by Kurt Seidensticker (founder of Vital Proteins, acquired by Nestlé), we are building the most meaningful beverage and the next category-defining CPG brand with a mission tied to GivePower's clean water initiative.

The Opportunity We are looking for a highly operational Senior Staff Accountant to be the engine of our finance team. As our Controller builds out the financial architecture of the company, you will own the daily flow of transactions, AP/AR, and month-end close support.

This isn't just a data-entry job. We are a heavy-volume, omnichannel CPG brand. You will be actively hunting down retailer chargebacks, reconciling complex co-man manufacturing yields, and using AI tools to automate the tedious parts of accounting. For the right high-motor executor, this role is designed to be groomed into an Accounting Manager as the team scales.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounts Payable & Expense Management

• The Ramp Police: Manage our Ramp corporate card program. Audit hundreds of monthly T&E receipts from our 6 field marketers and ensure strict adherence to our expense policy.
• Invoice Processing: Process high volumes of vendor bills (influencers, marketing agencies, raw material suppliers) exclusively through Ramp, ensuring proper 3-way matching with Purchase Orders.
• Vendor Relations: Serve as the primary point of contact for vendor payment inquiries, keeping relationships healthy while managing cash flow timing.

Accounts Receivable & Trade Spend Defense

• Chargeback Hunting: Log and investigate retail deductions and distributor chargebacks (Target, UNFI, KeHE). Flag invalid shortage claims and dispute them to recover lost revenue.
• Trade Spend Tracking: Help the Controller map retailer chargebacks to our promotional calendar to ensure our slotting fees and trade spend accruals are accurate.
• Omnichannel Payouts: Reconcile gross sales vs. actual cash deposited from Shopify and Amazon Seller Central, accounting for platform fees and returns.

Month-End Close & General Ledger

• Reconciliations: Perform daily and monthly bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Manufacturing Accounting: Assist with inventory reconciliations, matching raw ingredient usage at our co-mans against finished goods received.
• NetSuite Operations: Post daily journal entries, categorize transactions by class/department (Hydration, Energy, Protein), and assist the Controller in hitting our 10-day month-end close target.

Who You Are

• Experience: 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience. Prior experience in CPG, retail, or manufacturing is heavily preferred.
• Tech & AI Savvy: You have strong experience with NetSuite and Ramp. More importantly, you are an early adopter of AI. You don't want to manually code 500 transactions; you want to figure out how to write a rule or use an AI tool to do it for you.
• High-Volume Motor: You don't get overwhelmed by a heavy inbox of invoices. You are highly organized, methodical, and move fast without dropping details.
• Relentless Follow-Up: You aren't afraid to kindly but firmly chase down a marketing manager who forgot to submit a $5,000 event receipt.
• No Ego: You are ready to roll up your sleeves, do the repetitive data entry correctly, and build a rock-solid foundation for the company.

What You'll Get

• Full benefits, 401(k) match
• Participation in the LOVE Community Incentive Plan (quarterly revenue-linked bonus pool)
• Direct mentorship from a senior Controller and a clear, defined path for promotion to Accounting Manager as the finance team expands.