Sovos Brands is a food company with a mission to acquire and build one-of-a-kind brands. We’re dedicated to bringing today's consumers delicious food for joyful living. We invest in brands that have exciting growth potential, combining industry expertise with fresh thinking to bring our products into more homes across America.

The brands in our portfolio include Rao's Homemade, a producer of premium pasta sauces, soups, frozen entrées and pasta; noosa, a producer of premium yoghurt made with whole milk and wildflower North American honey; Birch Benders, a fast-growing producer of delicious, better-for-you pancake and waffle mixes, toaster waffles, and pancake and baking cups; and Michael Angelo's, a leading producer of authentic frozen Italian entrées.

Sovos has the experience of an industry leader, and the financial backing of Advent International, one of the world's largest private equity firms. 

Find out more about Sovos Brands at www.sovosbrands.com, Rao's Homemade at www.raos.com, noosa at www.noosayoghurt.com, Birch Benders at www.birchbenders.com; and Michael Angelo's at www.michaelangelos.com.

Our Staff Accountant (Trade) will help scale the Accounting functions related to trade promotions and trade deductions and support the needs of our growing company. Reporting to the Senior Manager AR, Trade and Deductions, the Trade Staff Accountant will be instrumental in collaborating and coordinating with multiple components of a growing accounting organization. Additional responsibilities include maintaining strong customer relationships (internal and external), assisting in the monthly and quarterly close and special projects as assigned. Success in this role will come from taking proactive ownership of assigned responsibilities, forging strong relationships across the organization, having high attention to detail, and having a curious mindset to continually improve.

 Job responsibilities:

• Understand and optimize the day-to-day aspects of financial operations, specific to trade.
• Execute general ledger accounting including maintenance and posting to the general ledger.
• Support the month end and quarter end close and financial reporting for individual brands.
• Own tasks within the month-end/year-end close processes.
• Assist the Senior Manager Trade, AR and Deductions in continuing efforts to accelerate the accounting close process, along with automation projects, establishing and maintaining internal controls, and process improvement initiatives.
• Prepare and maintain prepaid trade schedules on a regular basis.
• Prepare and post journal entries.
• Prepare and maintain trade and non-trade accrual schedules.
• Assist in researching and preparing technical accounting reports or memos based on GAAP.
• Perform account reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts related to trade.
• Advise the Senior Manager Trade, AR and Deductions immediately of any errors, irregularities, significant adjustments or journal entries as they occur.
• Assist in developing procedures to improve efficiency and maintain company accounting procedures and processes.
• Ensure compliance with all internal processes, GAAP principles.

 Minimum Qualifications: 

• Preferred degree in Accounting or Finance 
• Working knowledge of GAAP ideal.
• Ideal candidate will possess 1-2+ years’ accounting experience including strong audit experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Ross, and NetSuite preferred. Experience with other similar software systems would substitute.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Vlookups and pivot tables.
• Ability to function well in a team-oriented environment.
• Willingness to do hands-on work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to function well in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to be nimble and agile in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with previous remote working experience. 

We offer attractive compensation packages based upon background and experience. Package includes base salary, incentive bonus, medical benefits, 401K, and PTO. We maintain a drug and alcohol-free workplace. All candidates offered a position are required to pass a pre-employment drug test. We participate in E-Verify.  Sovos Brands is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Sovos Brands is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.