Staff Accountant

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We’re proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what’s right for pets and people.

• Pet First – Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.

• Foster the Fun – Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.

• Let’s Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

About Petco:

We’re proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years — from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood — the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we’re here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

Position Purpose

Participate in the month-end closing process. Monitor entries in the General Ledger (GL) to ensure appropriate allocation, determine if reclassifications are required, explain variances, and analyze various accounts to avoid year-end audit exposure. Develop and recommend new procedures, processes and policies for the accounting operations of assigned function.  Serve as accounting business partner to assigned function on issues that are moderately complex. Analyze, research and reconcile selected accounts and cost discrepancies.  Effectively communicate with field associates, corporate support staff and management to ensure issues relating to accounting are brought

to the appropriate individuals for action. This function performs both statistical and financial analysis and is required to think and act independently when judgment is required. This position must protect Petco’s accounting data received from internal and external sources.

Essential Job Functions
 

• Interact professionally and effectively through verbal and written communication with all professional contacts with emphasis on company interests
• Efficiently create complex documents and/or reports using spreadsheet, database, and accounting software in a timely fashion.
• Independently prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Analyze simple to moderately complex data to determine the appropriate course of action.
• Perform accounting duties and control activities to ensure financial results are reported without error.
• Research and analyze selective data sets and/or accounts pertaining to the duties of the specific functional area of accounting being performed.
• Prepare month-end journal entries, reconciliations, budgets, forms, reports, and schedules relating to the accounts in the specific area of focus.
• Effectively communicate with field partners, corporate support staff, and senior management, ensuring issues related to accounting are communicated to the appropriate impacted partners for action.
• Analyze problems, research the root causes, and overcome roadblocks to functional success.

Required Skills And Qualifications
 

• A 4 year college degree in Accounting/Finance or a minimum 3 to 5 years of work experience at the level of junior or staff accountant preferred.
• Communicate well in English and convey accounting concepts to non-accounting associates.
• Good interpersonal communications skills and interaction with other department personnel as well as senior management.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of most Microsoft Office Suite applications (e.g. Excel, Word, and Access) and 10-key by touch
• Must be accurate, detail oriented, proficient with personal computer-based programs, and trainable on company specific systems
• Interact with peers and leaders of the business with poise and confidence.
• Analyze business decisions critically and engage in constructive conversations regarding alternative points of view when needed.
• Knowledge of the fundamentals associated with different functional areas of Accounting.
• Management of multiple concurrent projects/priorities at one time.

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

The pay ranges outlined below are presented in accordance with state-specific regulations. These ranges may differ in other areas and could be subject to variation based on regulatory minimum wage requirements. Actual pay rates will depend on factors such as position, location, level of experience, and applicable state or local minimum wage laws. If the regulatory minimum wage exceeds the minimum indicated in the pay range below, the regulatory minimum wage will be the minimum rate applied.

$66,000.00 - $99,000.00

/ year

For a more detailed overview of Petco Total Rewards, including health and financial benefits, 401K, incentives, and PTO -see https://careers.petco.com/us/en/key-benefits

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