Sr. Accountant

Job Summary

The Sr. Accountant plays a vital role in supporting KEEN's success by ensuring accurate financial reporting through data analysis, reserve analysis and computation, journal entry and reconciliation preparation, and data management within the ERP system, with a special focus on inventory and cost of goods sold accounting.This role partners closely with individuals across business units to support key decision makers.

This role is based in Portland and requires a regular presence at our global headquarters (minimum two days per week).

Essential Functions

• Maintains ERP records, such as standard costs and reserve data in SAP, and supports the related accounting and audit processes to ensure accuracy.
• Partners with Operations, Finance, and Logistics leaders to communicate matters such as balance sheet valuation, reserve analysis, standard cost and margins, and the potential impacts on the financial results.
• Performs accounting analysis, including global inventory valuation, purchase price variance analysis, and cost of goods sold reporting.
• Prepares month-end journal entries.
• Performs general ledger account reconciliations
• Provides recommendations for global standardized processes and streamlines existing processes.
• Trains global teams to ensure consistency across the organization.
• Calculates and monitors reserve balances.
• Provides recommendations to management regarding reserve adjustments and ensures compliance with GAAP accounting standards.
• Supports annual financial audit. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, or Finance required
• Four (4) years of accounting experience, including general ledger, GAAP, and financial reporting
• Experience with inventory valuation, reserve analysis, and purchase price variance analysis required
• Public accounting experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment.
• Ability to work across functions and share accounting information with non-accounting team members to support decision making.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex accounting concepts to outside departments.
• Commitment to accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• SAP experience preferred. 

Travel - No 

Base Salary: $83,000 - $92,000 yearly
This range represents the low and high ends of the anticipated base salary range for this position. The actual base salary will depend on numerous factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and location. Our base salary is just one component of our competitive total rewards strategy, which includes numerous benefits and perks as well as specific health and welfare benefits.

 

Why Work at KEEN:  Driven by a passion for life outside, KEEN is a values-led, independently owned brand from Portland, Oregon, that’s on a mission to create original and versatile products, improve lives, and inspire outside adventure. Founded in 2003, KEEN launched a revolution in the footwear industry with the introduction of the Newport adventure sandal and has donated more than $18 million to non-profit organizations and causes around the world to promote responsible outdoor recreation, including conservation efforts to protect open spaces. KEEN strives to show the world through its products and its actions that a business for good can actually be good for business. By giving back, reducing impact, and activating communities and individuals to protect the places where we work and play, KEEN puts its values in motion and takes action to leave the world a better place.  

At KEEN, we believe in a more just and equitable future for all people. As a global brand, we acknowledge that our business, buildings, and daily lives exist within the traditional territories of indigenous peoples. We strive for a future that recognizes the knowledge, rights, and resilience of these peoples.

Furest Group, KEEN, and Chrome are equal opportunity employers.  We value an inclusive and diverse community. Qualified candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.