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Accounting Manager
\nFull-Time | Onsite – Anaheim, CA area | Direct Hire | Up to $120K Base + Bonus

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About the Opportunity

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Our client is a fast-growing fence manufacturing, distribution, and supply company serving contractors across Southern California. They manufacture and distribute product (chain link fence, temporary panels, and privacy screens) and supply directly to contractors — they don't do installation. The business is scaling rapidly (roughly doubling year over year) and is debt-free, paying cash for all inventory. It's a small, scrappy, fast-moving environment with very little formal infrastructure yet — the kind of place where the right person can build something meaningful and fully own their domain rather than inherit a polished corporate machine.

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The Role

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This is the first and only internal accounting hire — you'll build the entire accounting function from scratch. There's no existing department, no established processes, and no team to inherit; a salesperson has been informally plugging the gap and needs to hand it off completely. You'll own all day-to-day bookkeeping and general accounting as a true one-person department while establishing the processes, controls, and reporting the company needs to scale. The owner is entrepreneurial, direct, and deliberately hands-off on accounting — so you'll need to operate independently, proactively manage up, and create order without anyone directing you. An outsourced accounting partner is engaged through the transition and will work alongside you until the function is self-sufficient. High autonomy, high impact, real ownership.

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What You'll Do

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Own all day-to-day bookkeeping and general accounting as a one-person internal department
Build the accounting function from scratch — processes, workflows, internal controls, and documentation
Establish communication channels across the org so accounting gets what it needs without relying on the owner
Take over day-to-day accounting and month-end close from the outsourced team during transition
Manage payroll and contractor payments, including an in-progress 1099-to-W2 transition (CA compliance priority)
Oversee inventory/cost accounting across ~100 SKUs with DDP pricing — build out the cost structure
Manage accounting for a related entity, including intercompany charges and a separate ledger setup
Deliver regular, meaningful financial reporting to ownership once processes are in place
Support the company's shift from an informal, founder-led operation to a structured, scalable environment

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What You Bring (Must-Haves)

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Accounting Manager-level experience — ready to own and lead the function independently (not a staff role)
Demonstrated experience building accounting processes and infrastructure from scratch (startup/small/early-stage)
Manufacturing, distribution, or retail background with hands-on inventory accounting experience
Self-starter mentality — operates without oversight, manages up, and identifies what needs doing without being told
Comfortable functioning as a true one-person department, wearing every hat in accounting
QuickBooks or Xero (or equivalent GL platform) experience
Strong cross-functional communication skills to gather information and build buy-in
Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance; equivalent experience considered

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Nice to have: bilingual in Spanish (a plus for coordinating across the team); cost accounting; intercompany/related-entity accounting; California W2 vs. 1099 classification familiarity; Gusto payroll; experience moving a company from informal/cash-basis to structured accounting.

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