Company Description

Lombardi Brothers Meats is a high quality processor of meat and wild game in Denver Colorado. Since 1947, Lombardi Brothers Meats has partnered with customers to provide excellent customer service, custom processing, and high quality products to create long term partnerships. Seattle Fish purchased Lombardi Brothers Meats in November 2022 and Lombardi and Seattle Fish operate as a consolidated business.

Since 1918, Seattle Fish Co. has been committed to serving those who serve others, expanding our devotion to health, environment, community, and quality for more than century. We are driven by an overarching principle and purpose: We Sustainably Feed People. Providing our Denver and Rocky Mountain communities with an unparalleled selection of responsibly sourced seafood and local gourmet products is what we do – and it would not be possible without our family of dedicated employees.

Job Description

Are you a methodical, team-oriented problem solver? Do you enjoy following
instructions and producing polished work? Are you a person who approaches and completes work with strong attention to detail and follow-through? Do you prefer tasks done in an orderly and systematic way? Do you strive to achieve a consistently reliable level of accuracy and follow through to ensure success? Are you a person who works well with structure and guidelines?

Your Impact on Our Business:

The Accounting Manager is a key manager for Lombardi Brothers Meats, and collaborates with the finance department with Seattle Fish Company, You will be responsible for leading all accounting functions for Lombardi Brothers Meats specifically, and with the finance team at Seattle Fish, supporting the aggressive and successful growth plans of the company. Through a constructive, analytic, structured, and process oriented approach, the Accounting Manager provides the leadership and management, to deliver a focus on quality books and records, internal controls, cost control, and financial insight.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Oversee the activities of the accounting department, which includes managing the day-to-day activities of accounts payable, cash disbursements, invoicing/billing, customer credits and collections, cash application, payroll, inventory integrity and fixed asset records.
• Lead month end and year end accounting close process
• Prepare and publish timely monthly and quarterly financial statements as well as weekly financial and key KPI data. Additionally, provide insight into what drives the reported financial results. Analyze month over month and year over year account variances, to provide business insight for Financial Reporting
• Actively participate in the cross functional finance team
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Lead efforts, in conjunction with our IT Managed Services Provider and ERP firm, to enhance the use of the ERP to develop and improve internal controls to include inventory management, process control, CGS, activity-based costing.
• Collaborate with operations to determine and set the activity-based cost of manufactured products.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve accounting department efficiency
• Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting and ensure compliance with local, state and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Coordinate preparation and response on the annual audit
• Supervise, evaluate and develop the accounting team members [Tracie].
• Review and process the Lombardi weekly payroll, control the master file data, maintain employee garnishment records and facilitate garnishment payments related to the weekly payrolls, ensure proper recording of insurance and benefits.
• Execute monthly journal entries related to, but not limited to, the monthly account reconciliations
• Perform monthly account reconciliations for accounts related to, but limited to, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accrued liabilities, A/R clearing accounts, loans payables, and capital leases
• Reconcile monthly benefit statements (health, dental, vision insurance, etc.) and collaborate with Human Resources to manage anomalies
• Assist in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of the Finance Department’s policies, procedures, and standard operating procedures
• Utilize payroll records to submit reporting and facilitate payments for 401K, H.S.A., Worker’s Compensation, and others
• Aid with front desk tasks including directing phone and lobby traffic, general invoicing, and a host of miscellaneous tasks, as needed
• Support with other accounting/finance functions as needed

Direct Reports

• Accounting Coordinator

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated high level of detail in work and work product l
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Experience interpreting financial results into business insight.
• High level of comfort with using technology for greater good.

Additional Information

Seattle Fish uses the Culture Index Survey to assess individual strengths as part of our hiring process. The Culture Index Survey is a tool used company-wide that helps Seattle Fish better understand organizational culture, training needs, how individuals prefer to be managed, and how individuals prefer to communicate.

Please copy and paste the link below into your browser window and complete the Culture Index Survey. If you do not complete the survey, your application will not be considered.

https://go.cultureindex.com/s/std6ggNMWC

Compensation:

$80,000-$90,000 with 10% STIP

Benefits:

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid time off
• 401k with company match
• Discounts on meat and seafood

Our Commitment:

We believe every employee has the right to work in an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. Consistent with applicable laws, Lombardi Brothers Meats makes all decisions involving any aspect of the employment relationship without regard to race, color, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship, the presence of any physical or mental disability of someone otherwise qualified, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Discrimination and/or harassment based on any of those factors are inconsistent with our philosophy of doing business and will not be tolerated. This policy of non-discrimination applies to all aspects application procedures, hiring, advancement, transfers, reductions in force, discharge, compensation, training, or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Learn More

https://lombardibrothersmeats.com/