THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Accounting Manager to take ownership of our daily accounting operations and help build a more efficient, scalable accounting function.Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, Operations & Technology, you will personally execute daily bookkeeping, process accounts payable, reconcile accounts receivable, maintain the general ledger, and manage the month-end close. You will work alongside our existing AP/AR Specialist and external accounting partner to ensure accurate financial records and timely reporting.We are looking for someone who enjoys working directly in the numbers, takes ownership of the day-to-day accounting operations, and is equally motivated to develop the team and improve how things are done.You will play an important role in streamlining workflows, introducing automation and AI-enabled solutions, and building processes that reduce manual work while improving accuracy and financial controls.The position offers significant ownership and the opportunity to grow into a broader accounting leadership role as the business expands.

Key Responsibilities

Daily Accounting & Bookkeeping

- Execute daily bookkeeping and maintain accurate, up-to-date financial records.

Process accounts payable, including invoice coding, purchase order matching, payment preparation, and vendor reconciliations.

Reconcile accounts receivable, including customer payments, outstanding balances, credit notes, deductions, and collections follow-up.

Reconcile sales and settlements across retail, e-commerce, and wholesale, including payment processors, refunds, and returns.

Maintain the general ledger and perform bank, credit card, and Ramp reconciliations.

Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and resolve issues.

Coordinate daily accounting activities with our AP/AR Specialist.

Month-End Close & Financial Reporting

Own and execute the monthly close, including journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.

Reconcile inventory, cost of goods sold, and other key accounts.

Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for review by Finance leadership.

Collaborate with our external accounting partner on month-end close, accounting processes, and financial reporting.

Support quarterly and annual close activities, including coordination with external accountants and auditors.

Ensure financial records are maintained in accordance with US GAAP.

Inventory & Operational Accounting

Manage accounting processes across the product lifecycle, from purchase order creation and inventory receipt through invoice matching, billing, and payment.

Perform three-way matching between purchase orders, goods receipts, and vendor invoices.

Reconcile inventory movements, transfers, returns, and cost of goods sold.

Partner with Supply Chain, Planning, Wholesale, Retail, and E-commerce teams to resolve discrepancies and ensure accurate transaction flows in NetSuite.

Sales Tax, Compliance & Documentation

Oversee our external sales tax partner, Numeral, ensuring accurate and timely sales and use tax filings and payments.

Maintain accurate sales tax data, reconciliations, resale certificates, exemption certificates, and supporting documentation.

Ensure accounting records and financial schedules are complete, organized, and audit-ready.

Maintain accounting policies, documentation standards, and internal controls.

Coordinate with external tax advisors and auditors on compliance and documentation requirements.

Systems, Automation & Process Improvement

Work extensively in NetSuite and Ramp, ensuring transactions are processed accurately and systems are used effectively.

Continuously identify opportunities to streamline workflows, reduce manual tasks, and improve accounting efficiency.

Introduce automation, AI-enabled tools, and system improvements where appropriate.

Own process improvements from identification through implementation, testing, documentation, and ongoing monitoring.

Develop and maintain clear standard operating procedures (SOPs) and scalable workflows that support growth without compromising financial controls.

What We're Looking For:

- Required Experience & Qualifications

- Hands-on NetSuite experience is a firm requirement. Candidates must have direct experience processing transactions, performing reconciliations, and working within NetSuite's accounting workflows.

- 5+ years of hands-on accounting experience, ideally within fashion, apparel, or an inventory-driven consumer goods business.

- Strong experience with daily bookkeeping, AP, AR, general ledger accounting, and month-end close.

- Experience using Ramp for expense management and reconciliations.

- Experience accounting for retail, e-commerce, and wholesale sales channels.

- Strong understanding of inventory accounting, COGS, purchase orders, and three-way matching.

- Working knowledge of US GAAP and sales and use tax compliance.

- Strong Excel skills and excellent attention to detail.

- Demonstrated experience improving accounting workflows or implementing process improvements.

Who You Are:

- Hands-on: You enjoy working directly in the numbers and take pride in accurate bookkeeping and reconciliations.

- Accountable: You take ownership from start to finish and follow through until issues are resolved.

- Systems-minded: You understand how transactions connect across departments and identify ways to improve processes.

- Curious and improvement-driven: You actively explore new technologies, automation, and smarter ways of working.

- Detail-oriented: You maintain accurate records, strong documentation, and reliable financial controls.

- Entrepreneurial: You thrive in a growing business where processes are evolving and you can make a meaningful impact.

- Collaborative: You work effectively with colleagues across finance and operational teams.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a highly analytical, entrepreneurial, and hands-on Merchandise Planner to join our growing team in Los Angeles.

As Sporty & Rich continues to scale, we are building the planning processes, tools, and reporting needed to support the next stage of the business. This role is an opportunity for someone who is excited by that journey: someone who doesn’t expect every process to already exist, enjoys getting into the details, and wants to help build better ways of working while executing the day-to-day planning needs of the business.

Reporting across Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Production, Retail, and E-commerce, you will translate our sales targets and product strategy into actionable buy and inventory plans across e-commerce, retail, and wholesale.

This is a highly executional, individual contributor role. You will personally own the analysis, forecasting, reporting, and planning work rather than managing a team. We are looking for someone who is equally comfortable building an Open-to-Buy (OTB) tool from scratch, analyzing SKU-level performance, identifying inventory issues, and working cross-functionally to resolve them.

The right person is entrepreneurial, resourceful, and solutions-oriented, with a genuine willingness to roll up their sleeves and get things done. You will play an important role in building a more structured, reliable, and scalable merchandise planning function, helping the business make better decisions around product investment, inventory, and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Planning Foundation & Process Development

Help build and continuously improve Sporty & Rich’s merchandise planning processes, tools, reporting, and ways of working as the business scales.

Create practical planning tools and reporting where processes do not yet exist, rather than relying on established infrastructure.

Establish consistent planning methodologies across e-commerce, retail, and wholesale.

Improve the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of the data used for merchandise and inventory decisions.

Identify gaps and inefficiencies in current processes and proactively develop solutions.

Build scalable processes that support growth without overcomplicating the needs of a fast-moving business.

Merchandise & Financial Planning

Build and maintain seasonal merchandise financial plans by channel, category, and product group, aligned with company revenue, margin, and inventory targets.

Develop and actively manage seasonal Open-to-Buy (OTB) plans based on actual performance, updated forecasts, and inventory position.

Translate company sales budgets into category, channel, and inventory plans.

Partner with Buying and Merchandising to determine appropriate investment by category, style, color, and size.

Use historical performance, current trends, and forward-looking forecasts to recommend buy quantities.

Ensure seasonal buys reconcile with approved financial plans and inventory targets before purchase orders are placed.

Work closely with Finance to ensure merchandise plans align with company budgets, cash flow, and overall financial targets.

Forecasting & Inventory Management
Own sales and inventory forecasting across e-commerce, retail, and wholesale.

Monitor inventory levels, weeks of supply, inventory turns, and stock cover.

Identify potential stock shortages, excess inventory, and aging stock early, and recommend corrective actions.

Build replenishment forecasts for core and carryover products and recommend reorders based on demand.

Develop size curves and SKU-level forecasts where appropriate.

Monitor incoming inventory and work with Production, Buying, and Operations to recommend delivery timing adjustments based on demand and inventory needs.

Investigate discrepancies and unexpected performance by analyzing the underlying data and identifying root causes.

In-Season Performance & Inventory Optimization

Own the weekly analysis of sales, inventory, and product performance across channels.

Track sell-through, weeks of supply, margin, markdowns, and inventory productivity against plan.

Identify risks and opportunities and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.

Recommend reorders, cancellations, delivery shifts, transfers, and markdowns based on performance, in partnership with Buying.

Partner with Retail and E-commerce to ensure inventory is positioned where demand is strongest.

Support markdown and promotional planning to maximize sell-through while protecting gross margin.

React quickly when actual performance differs from plan and proactively recommend actions rather than waiting for the next planning cycle.

Reporting & Analysis
Own and produce weekly and monthly merchandise planning reports.

Report on sales versus plan, inventory, sell-through, margin, OTB, and other key planning KPIs.

Conduct seasonal hindsight and post-season analysis, translating key learnings into future buy recommendations.

Analyze performance at the channel, category, style, color, and size levels.

Develop reporting that gives the broader team a clear and consistent view of merchandise performance.

Turn data into clear recommendations and actions rather than simply reporting numbers.

Continuously improve reporting as the business grows and our systems evolve.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Execution
Work closely with Buying and Merchandising to ensure assortment decisions are supported by financial plans and historical performance.

Partner with Finance to align merchandise plans with company revenue, gross margin, inventory, and cash-flow targets.

Work directly with Production and Operations on purchase orders, delivery timing, and inventory flow.

Partner with Retail and E-commerce on channel demand, allocation, and replenishment.

Follow issues through from identification to resolution rather than simply escalating them.

Move comfortably between strategic planning discussions and detailed execution, depending on what the business needs.

What We're Looking For:

- 3-5+ years of experience in merchandise planning, retail planning, inventory planning, or a similar role, ideally within fashion, apparel, or a multi-channel consumer brand.

- Strong experience with merchandise financial planning, Open-to-Buy (OTB), forecasting, and inventory management.

- Experience planning across e-commerce and retail; wholesale experience is a plus.

- Strong understanding of retail KPIs, including sell-through, weeks of supply, inventory turns, average unit retail (AUR), markdowns, gross margin, and GMROI.

- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including the ability to build planning models and tools from scratch.

- Experience with ERP, merchandise planning, or business intelligence systems; NetSuite and Shopify experience is a plus.

- Strong analytical skills, exceptional attention to detail, and a willingness to investigate the numbers to understand what is driving performance.

- A commercial understanding of product and the ability to balance data-driven decisions with brand considerations.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.

- Experience improving processes, developing reporting, or building planning tools in a growing business is a plus.

Who You Are:

- Hands-on: You enjoy working directly with data, building spreadsheets, investigating discrepancies, updating forecasts, and following through on actions.

- Entrepreneurial: You see what needs to be built or fixed and take ownership of getting it done, even when no established process exists.

- Analytical: You are comfortable working at the SKU level, questioning unexpected results, and using data to make better commercial decisions.

- Accountable: You take ownership from analysis through execution and follow issues through to resolution.

- Systems-minded: You understand how sales, margin, inventory, and cash flow connect, and you look for ways to improve planning processes.

- Resourceful: You are comfortable operating in an environment where systems and processes are still evolving, and you know how to create practical solutions with the resources available.

- Commercially minded: You understand the relationship between product decisions, customer demand, profitability, and inventory investment.

- Collaborative: You work effectively across Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Production, Retail, and E-commerce, with a low-ego and solutions-oriented approach.

- Adaptable: You are comfortable moving between high-level planning and detailed execution in a lean, fast-moving team.

- Growth-oriented: You are excited by the opportunity to help build the planning infrastructure behind a growing global brand.