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About Us

The Honest Company (NASDAQ: HNST) is a personal care company dedicated to creating cleanly-formulated and sustainably-designed products spanning categories across diapers, wipes, baby personal care, beauty, apparel, household care and wellness. Launched in 2012, the Company is on a mission to challenge ingredients, ideals, and industries through the power of the Honest brand, the Honest team, and the Honest Standard. For more information about the Honest Standard and the Company, please visit www.honest.com.

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 Senior Manager, Operations Accounting is responsible for overseeing the daily operations and strategic objectives of the Company's transactional accounting functions, with a primary focus on Accounts Receivable (AR) (70%) and secondary oversight of Accounts Payable (AP) (30%). This role ensures the efficient execution of accounting processes, adherence to financial policies, and effective management of a high-performing team. The individual will play a key role in streamlining accounting operations, driving process improvements, and contributing to the financial integrity of the organization.

What you'll do:

Accounts Receivable (70%)

• Oversee the end-to-end accounts receivable cycle, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency in invoicing, collections, and cash applications.
• Develop and implement process improvements to optimize customer payment and retailer chargebacks processes.
• Review and analyze AR accounts, reconcile discrepancies, and resolve escalated issues.
• Research and dispute chargebacks: proactively provide the organization visibility into shortages, price differences and violations chargebacks so that corrective action can be taken and, where applicable, submit dispute requests against invalid chargebacks
• Manage the accounting aspects of the customer setup process, ensuring accuracy and alignment with business requirements.
• Prepare financial analysis and reports related to AR performance and aging.

Accounts Payable (30%)

• Oversee the end-to-end vendor payment process, ensuring compliance with financial policies and timely payments.
• Participate in month-end close activities, including reconciling AP accounts and managing accruals for key accounts.
• Implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce errors in vendor payments and invoice processing.
• Collaborate with internal departments and external vendors to resolve escalated payment issues.
• Track and report key performance metrics related to AP operations.

Team Management & Development

• Manage and mentor a team of four direct reports (two in AR and two in AP), fostering professional development and performance excellence.
• Ensure effective workload distribution and maintain accountability within the team to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Provide training for new team members and ongoing development opportunities to enhance technical and professional skills.

Process & Compliance Management

• Establish and administer processes and procedures to ensure compliance with SOX controls and company policies.
• Support quarterly reviews and year-end internal and external audit by preparing schedules and support for AR and AP transactions.
• Oversee the implementation of best practices in AR and AP operations.
• Collaborate with internal departments to resolve escalated issues and drive continuous improvements.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum 8-10 years of progressive experience in accounts receivable and/or accounts payable, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role managing AR and/or AP teams.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial software.
• Proven ability to manage teams, develop talent, and drive efficiency in transactional accounting functions.
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across departments

Compensation

The pay range for this role is $122,000 - $140,000. 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

At Honest, we’re all about investing in our people. We’re dedicated to providing a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and balance. Check out our benefits and perks we offer to help you thrive both in and out of the office:

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness 🏥: We’ve got you covered with top-tier health, dental, and vision plans to keep you and your family feeling great.
• 401k with Company Match 💰: Your future matters to us. We match your 401k contributions to help you secure a strong financial future.
• Wellness & Fitness 💪: Stay healthy with a monthly fitness reimbursement and, for those in our Playa Vista office, an onsite gym to keep you active and energized.
• Work-Life Balance ⚖️: We value your time. We provide a generous and flexible vacation policy to relax, recharge, and spend time on what matters most.
• Family-Friendly Leave 👶: Growing your family? We offer generous maternity and paternity leave to support you during this exciting journey.
• Education Reimbursement 🎓: We’re committed to your growth—whether it’s for professional development or a new passion, we offer education reimbursement to help you learn and level up.
• Pet Insurance 🐾: We love your furry family members too! Our pet insurance ensures your pets are taken care of, because they’re part of the family.
• Employee Discounts 🛍️: Treat yourself and your loved ones to Honest products with exclusive employee discounts.
  
  

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 privacy@honest.com.