Location: Venice, CA
Company Background: Venice Brands is a privately held consumer brands holding company based in Los Angeles whose mission is to build category leaders with a focus on health, wellness and sustainability. We own majority or significant minority stakes in many emerging companies in the food, beverage, fitness, pet and personal care industries. Our team is comprised of entrepreneurs, investment professionals and industry executives who have spent decades founding, investing in and scaling successful consumer brands. We engage in a combination of developing brands ourselves where we play the role of the entrepreneur and own the founder equity, investing capital into high-growth brands that meet our criteria, and purchasing controlling stakes in cash flow positive businesses. We then help our brands grow by providing hands-on strategic, operating, and financial resources. We like to say that we are industry specific but stage agnostic, as we are equally comfortable starting a new brand from scratch and making a $50+ million acquisition, having done both in the past twelve months. Our goal is to build our brands into sizable, cash-flow generating businesses with strong customer loyalty and then have the option to strategically exit or to hold them forever.
Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Office Manager with some relevant accounting / bookkeeping experience to join our team. The position will report to the Chief Executive Officer and will help with office management, communications with external communications including investors, and bookkeeping tasks related to both Venice Brands and our portfolio of brands. Need to have a willingness to work hard to get the job done and a positive attitude. We have new offices on Abbott Kinney in Venice, CA, and this person will sit alongside the rest of the Venice Brands core team.
Responsibilities
- Oversee office management tasks including printing, scanning, filing, paying utilities, etc.
- Help the CEO and other members of the team with travel, expenses, calendar management, etc.
- Coordinate with our Controller and external CPA firms to provide investors with accurate statements and K-1s
- Provide bookkeeping services to our Finance & Accounting team related to Venice Brands and our portfolio of brands
- Manage and process AP payments to third party vendors, and assist with AR collections
- Communicate with and support other functions including sales, marketing and operations as need to complete job duties
- Create a positive, fun and professional environment in the office to make Venice Brands an even better place to work
Qualifications
- College degree from a reputable institution, ideally with a background in accounting or finance
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel – including pivot tables and v-lookups
- Incredibly strong attention to detail with emphasis on accuracy and quality
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Some meaningful knowledge of accounting principles
- A self-starter but also highly effective in team environments
- Able to multi-task and prioritize with efficiency
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to support multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines
- Must have a solutions-orientation when problem solving and able to demonstrate a sense of urgency
Interested candidates should send an email and resume to [email protected]