What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Inked Brands?
About Inked Brands
Inked Brands is a fast-growing, technology-driven company built around one simple idea: turning passion into product. We partner with creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators to bring their brands to life through full-service e-commerce, design, production, and fulfillment.
With an expansion underway and a brand-new headquarters on the horizon, we’re doubling our space, growing our team, and continuing to push the limits of what’s possible in creator commerce, wholesale distributing, and mass retail partnerships. Our culture is collaborative, hands-on, and focused on innovation - blending creativity, data, and technology to make real impact.
At Inked, every role matters. Whether you’re coding, designing, accounting, or strategizing, you’ll have the opportunity to own your work, learn from industry experts, and help shape the future of digital commerce.
Job Description
Inked Brands is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant at our Bowling Green, KY office! The candidate will be responsible for supporting accounting functions across multiple entities, assisting with financial reporting, preparing journal entries and reconciliations, leading month-end close procedures, and ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and financial reporting standards. This position requires a proactive, analytical, and energetic mindset in addition to possessing strong communication skills and the ability to be detail-oriented.
What You’ll Do
Inked Brands is a fast-growing, technology-driven company built around one simple idea: turning passion into product. We partner with creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators to bring their brands to life through full-service e-commerce, design, production, and fulfillment.
With an expansion underway and a brand-new headquarters on the horizon, we’re doubling our space, growing our team, and continuing to push the limits of what’s possible in creator commerce, wholesale distributing, and mass retail partnerships. Our culture is collaborative, hands-on, and focused on innovation - blending creativity, data, and technology to make real impact.
At Inked, every role matters. Whether you’re coding, designing, accounting, or strategizing, you’ll have the opportunity to own your work, learn from industry experts, and help shape the future of digital commerce.
Job Description
Inked Brands is seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant at our Bowling Green, KY office! The candidate will be responsible for supporting accounting functions across multiple entities, assisting with financial reporting, preparing journal entries and reconciliations, leading month-end close procedures, and ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and financial reporting standards. This position requires a proactive, analytical, and energetic mindset in addition to possessing strong communication skills and the ability to be detail-oriented.
What You’ll Do
- Perform accounting functions to support multiple entities; prepare journal entries and account reconciliations; lead month-end close process; research, track, and resolve accounting issues.
- Oversee the production of periodic financial reports; ensure that the reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or financial reporting standards.
- Answer accounting and financial questions by researching and interpreting data to support the timely reporting of key financial information as required by supervisors.
- Understand and execute internal controls related to accountabilities; proactively seek opportunities to strengthen internal controls.
- Assist with the development of accounting procedures and recommend changes to improve processes.
- Lead yearly income tax process; lead contact with CPA firm.
- Have the ability to direct concerns and/or errors to the appropriate department(s) within the company.
- Regularly impress customers with an outstanding experience, service, product, and environment while achieving company goals.
- Contribute to and support a positive, creative, and collaborative culture.
- Continuously improve efficiency, communication, and work product.
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 2 years of accounting experience required; multi-entity accounting experience preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
- Financial systems and bookkeeping software experience required (NetSuite preferred).
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills.
- Exceptional mathematical and problem-solving skills.
- Organizational Skills– Demonstrates strong organization, prioritizing and managing conflicting demands to meet deadlines.
- Communication– Superb interpersonal and communication skills. Builds relationships and works collaboratively in a team environment.
- Multicultural Sensitivity– Adept at communicating and building relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds and from various cultures.
- Change Agility– Able to navigate successfully and positively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where change occurs rapidly.
- Judgment and Decision Making– Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one; looks beyond things accepted as “given” to suggest creative approaches, pulling information from many sources.
- Cultural Fit– Embodies and inspires a positive attitude, in support of our unique culture founded on the principles of excellence, respect, accountability, integrity, enjoyment, and diversity.