AP/AR Specialist Details

AP/AR Specialist

The Honest Company - Los Angeles, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

We appreciate your interest in employment with The Honest Company! The Honest Company is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the application process may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation in accordance with applicable law. If you need assistance in completing this application or with the application process because of a disability, please contact the Human Resources Department at 1.888.862.8818 or 1.310.857.3020.

Founded in 2012, The Honest Company® is a mission-driven consumer products company dedicated to empowering people to live happy, healthy lives. Consumers seeking thoughtfully formulated, safe and effective baby, personal care and beauty products, along with education and support can find The Honest Company products across North America via honest.com and honestbeauty.com and at more than 17,000 retail locations. Beginning in spring 2019, consumers in Europe can find Honest Beauty at select Douglas retail locations. A leader in the natural baby category and a trailblazer in clean beauty, The Honest Company is committed to ensuring all families have access to basic necessities and the latest health information for safe growth and development — a commitment reflected in its ongoing partnerships with organizations such as Baby2Baby and Mount Sinai. The Honest Company is privately held and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

We're on a mission to empower people to live happy, healthy lives. We're a wellness brand with values rooted in consciousness, community, transparency, and design. Every day and in every way, we hold ourselves to an Honest standard. We believe that it is our responsibility to do our part to help create a healthy and sustainable future for all.

We're kicking off a search for our AP/AR Specialist! In this role, you'll be responsible for maintaining vendor relationships and owning our full cycle accounts payable/receivable processes. This also includes providing additional accounts payable/receivable support to the Accounts Payable/Receivable Managers. We're looking for a highly-organized, accountable (pun intended) team player who operates with efficiency, urgency, and discipline.

What you'll do:

• Process accounts payable from invoice entry to payment for assigned vendors/suppliers, ensuring payments are timely and in accordance with vendor terms
• Ensure proper coding of invoices, departmental approvals and accurate entry into the ERP system
• Perform 3-way match between PO, Invoice, and Receipt and ensure accurate entry into ERP system for inventory-related purchases and work cross functionally to solve an discrepancies that may arise
• Monitor check and wire payments received from Retail customers and timely apply against open accounts receivable balances
• Support the General Accounting and Sales teams with questions regarding chargebacks and dispute deductions (as applicable).
• Analyze and reconcile open Retail customer receivable balances, review aged invoices and, where necessary, follow-up with the customer on past-due balances
• Communicate with Retail customers regarding invoices, returns, statements and other invoicing questions
• Routinely reconcile customer portals to internal records to ensure invoices are being processed and paid in a timely manner
• Provide support for the annual financial statement audit
• Provide support and assistance to the General Accounting and Accounting Operations teams for ad hoc projects as required

You'll love this job if you're:

• A strong communicator and collaborator. You'll work effectively with all members of the organization, from individual contributors to top execs
• Highly analytical and strategic. Your problem-solving skills are unparalleled
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, fluid environment. You think quickly on your feet!
• Adaptable and ambitious. You will enthusiastically take on other assignments as needed to support your team!

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree – Accounting/ Business/ Finance preferred
• 2-5 years Accounts Receivable experience
• Experience with Retail/ Wholesale chargebacks and EDI transactions
• Proficiency in Excel formulas, vlookups, and pivot tables
• Highly organized and exceptional research / data tracking skills
• Analytical problem-solving skills

Bonus points for:

• Oracle JDE is a plus

We offer a competitive benefits package including comprehensive health and wellness coverage, 401k with company match, wellness incentives including a monthly fitness reimbursement and onsite fitness classes, options for education reimbursement, and a discount on all products. We value work-life balance and offer a generous and flexible vacation policy. Thinking about adding little ones to your family? Honest offers generous maternity and paternity leave. We love the furry kids too and offer pet insurance so your companions are well taken care of.

California Privacy Rights Notice for Californian Job Applicants and Prospective Talent

Effective Date: January 1, 2020

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"), The Honest Company, Inc. ("Honest" or "us" or "we") is required to inform California residents who are our job applicants or prospective talent (together "job applicants" or "you") about the categories of personal information we may collect about you and the purposes for which we use this information. Click here if you are a California resident to read disclosures required by the CCPA. Note this notice applies only to personal information that is subject to the CCPA.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect. We may collect the following categories of personal information about our job applicants, who are California residents:

• Name
• Signature
• Social Security Number
• Email and mailing address
• Telephone number
• Education
• Employment history

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• Processing evaluating your application to determine your qualifications for the role to which you've applied, and communicating with you about your application, including to check references or your background, and communicate with you about other jobs that may interest you.
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• Auditing related to our interactions with you;
• Legal compliance
• Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
• Debugging;
• Performing services for us, such as analytics;
• Internal research for technological improvement; and
• Internal operations.

Other Interactions with The Honest Company. More information about our privacy practices can be found in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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