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About Us

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.

Our Mission

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. 

The Role

The Honest Company has kicked off a search for a General Ledger Accounting Manager! We’re looking for a highly-organized, accountable (pun intended) team player who operates with efficiency, urgency, and discipline.

What you’ll do:

• Direct and oversee all aspects of GL accounting including month end entries related to cash, prepaids, fixed assets and accruals
• Support quarter reviews and year-end audit by preparing schedules that support financial trends and balances
• Participate in month-end close meetings and coordinate with Finance team on variance analysis
• Research variances and coordinate with cross-functional partners to validate amounts
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and document supporting balances
• Analyze asset and liability account trends
• Oversee work of Staff Accountants and Senior Accountants to ensure close and audit timelines are met
• Work with team to identify and create efficiencies in general accounting functions
• Document key controls and processes and work with SOX team to perform periodic testing of revenue transactions
• Create and/or prepare ad hoc reports for senior management
• Manage and prioritize job tasks in order to meet strict deadlines
• Encourage a teamwork mentality and establish individual goals/objectives

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business or finance
• 7 – 10 years of accounting experience
• Supervisory experience
• Solid understanding of US GAAP, general accounting processes and internal controls, and financial analysis tools and techniques
• Proficient in Excel formulas and pivot tables; and experience with top tier ERP and related reporting applications
• Advanced analytical problem solving skills
• Strong team player who works well in a in a fast paced, changing environment

Bonus points for:

• Public accounting experience
• CPA is strongly preferred
• Experience in a public company environment

Compensation

The pay range for this role is $118,000 to $163,000. Actual compensation is based on many factors including but not limited to depth of experience, skill level, ability, knowledge, education, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. 

The total rewards package for this position may also include base, annual incentive plan, benefits, retirement plan, equity, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Benefits & Perks

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

How We Use Job Applicants’ Personal Data.  We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our business purposes.  These business purposes include, without limitation:

• 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.
• Other business purposes as identified in the CCPA, which include:
• 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.

Contact Us.  For questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].