About the Role
The Staff Accountant will play an important role in keeping Convive Brands' accounting operations accurate, efficient, and moving forward. This role supports daily accounting activities and helps improve the month-end close process, offering opportunities to build accounting skills and contribute to new processes as the company grows.
Responsibilities
- Build and post accurate journal entries that support timely and reliable financial reporting.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations to maintain accurate financial records.
- Support the month-end close process by preparing accruals, allocations, and other accounting entries needed to meet our close timeline.
- Analyze account activity and prepare flux analysis to help identify and explain changes in financial results.
- Partner with teams across FP&A, People, IT, and Operations to gather information and resolve accounting items efficiently.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen controls, and help shorten the month-end close.
- Research accounting questions and ad hoc requests to provide accurate information and support business decisions.
- Support year-end financial reporting and audits by preparing schedules and gathering required documentation.
Requirements
- 1–2 years of relevant accounting experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Demonstrated understanding of fundamental accounting principles, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and cost allocations.
- Experience using Microsoft Excel to organize, analyze, and work with financial information.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate financial reporting.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and cross-functional partners.
- Curiosity and initiative to ask questions, learn existing processes, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Experience in hospitality, restaurants, food & beverage, or another multi-unit business environment.
- Experience at a Big Four accounting firm or in a structured accounting environment.
- Experience with Workday or other financial/accounting systems.
- Experience with Google Workspace, including Google Sheets and Gmail.
- Familiarity with restaurant technology or POS systems, such as Toast.
- Interest in using emerging technology and AI tools to improve efficiency and how work gets done.
Skills
- Journal entries
- Accruals
- Allocations
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Financial reporting
- Flux analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Workspace
- Workday
- Toast
Experience Level
- 1-2 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000–$80,000
Benefits
- Company-contributed health care plan
- Managed time off
- 401k with up to 4% match after ninety (90) days of employment
- Life insurance coverage fully paid by the Company
- Quarterly gift card able to be used at any of our brands
- Monthly $125 transit stipend
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Company-contributed legal insurance coverage
- Monthly cell phone reimbursement of $35
- Company-contributed pet insurance
- Team member discounts at all our brands
About the Company
- Home to Le Pain Quotidien, California Pizza Kitchen, and Little Beet, Convive Brands is a restaurant group built by people who care deeply about hospitality, collaboration, and creating brands guests genuinely connect with.
- Our success comes from putting the right people in the right roles and empowering them to deliver. We invest in development at every level, encourage new ideas, and believe strong teams are built through trust, accountability, and support.
- If you’re looking for a place where you can contribute meaningfully and grow alongside people who genuinely enjoy working together, come join us at Convive!
Equal Opportunity
- Convive Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected class. Convive Brands celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
