Accounting Manager

Maesa; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Disability insurance

Retirement savings plans

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Maesa is seeking an Accounting Manager to join their Finance team in New York City. The role involves supporting month-end close processes, managing key accounting operations, and ensuring financial reporting integrity in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidates will have 5 to 7 years of accounting experience. The position offers a salary range of $100,000 to $110,000 per year, eligibility for bonuses, health insurance, retirement plans, and generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of accounting and reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure an accurate and timely month-end close.
• Perform and review accounting transactions including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Assist in annual audit activities with external auditors.
• Oversee T&E policy compliance and process employee expense reports.
• Manage a day-to-day relationship with vendors.

Job description

Company Overview

The next gen beauty company, Maesais, is transforming the industry by incubating and growing meaningful, innovative brands and making prestige beauty accessible. Maesa believes beauty ignites inspiration, creativity, imagination, and connection, sparking new ideas and possibilities, and meeting unmet consumer needs. Through best-in-class design, formulation, brand creation and marketing capabilities, Maesa delivers new, better and different products with an unsurpassed speed to market. Maesa works with a variety of retailers to create and launch brands across beauty and wellness categories. The current portfolio includes Kristin Ess, Hairitage by Mindy McKnight, Fine'ry, BeingFrenshe, MIX:BAR and Niches & Nooks among other brands.

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented Accounting Manager to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, this role will be responsible for supporting the month-end close process, maintaining accurate financial records, managing key accounting operations, and assisting with audit and compliance activities. This position will play an important role in ensuring the integrity of financial reporting while helping to improve and scale accounting processes as the business continues to grow. The ideal candidate is hands‑on, highly organized, and thrives in a fast‑paced environment. This role is based in New York City and follows a hybrid work schedule, with a minimum of several days per week in the office.

Responsibilities

• Ensure an accurate and timely month-end close by providing management and support to the accounting close process.
• Serve as a hands‑on team member responsible for performing and reviewing accounting transactions including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis related to daily cash transactions, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, inventory and other key accounting responsibilities.
• Assist in providing support for annual audit activities with external auditors.
• Oversee and manage T&E policy compliance, process employee expense reports in SAP Concur and provide relevant accruals as needed.
• Oversee HR, payroll, benefit and other related expense journal entries and report each payroll cycle.
• Manage day‑to‑day relationship with vendors including communication as well as ensuring timely processing of vendor invoices in Medius and NetSuite.
• Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies across core accounting and reporting processes and responsibilities.
• Partner with Finance, Marketing, Operations, and other cross‑functional teams to drive efficiency and accuracy of related financial results and reporting.
• Other ad‑hoc requests and projects as needed.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of accounting and reporting experience.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $100,000/yr – $110,000/yr (exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location). This position is eligible for participation in a discretionary bonus plan based on individual and company performance. Maesa offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees. Employees can choose to enroll in health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, and retirement savings plans. Through generous paid time off, a hybrid office setup, and paid leave options, Maesa encourages wellness and balance among employees.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As set forth in Maesa’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.