Head of Accounting Operations (m/f/d)

Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A. Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration. Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail. We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win. About the role As Head of Accounting Operations, you will own the monthly and year-end close for a multi-entity, multi-currency group reporting under IFRS in NetSuite, ensuring accurate and timely financial statements. You will lead the accounting operations team across GL, AP, AR, Tax and inventory accounting, combining hands-on leadership with a strong focus on systems, automation and AI-driven transformation. You will oversee reconciliations, consolidation, audits while continuously improving processes, leveraging technology and AI to accelerate the close, enhance accuracy and build scalable accounting operations. You will report to the Sr. Director of Global Accounting and Finance Operations, who sets the direction of the function; your focus is operational excellence and real ownership of the numbers. Main responsibilities Financial close and ownership of the financials • Own the monthly and year-end close end to end across all legal entities, including the close calendar in Jira, checklist and sign-off, coordinating deadlines and handovers across time zones. • Take accountability for the accuracy and completeness of the entity and consolidated financials: review each entity's balance sheet and P&L before release and sign off the close. • Review and approve all journal entries, challenging the support and the accounting treatment before approval. • Own the balance sheet reconciliation process: ensure every material account is reconciled monthly with documented review and sign-off, and drive the resolution of complex or cross-entity reconciling items with the team. • Own inventory accounting end to end, working closely with the supply chain team. • Own intercompany reconciliation and matching across entities, ensuring balances are fully matched and eliminated ahead of consolidation. • Own the monthly group consolidation under IFRS in NetSuite, including FX translation and intercompany and equity eliminations, reviewing the consolidation and eliminations before release. Accounts payable, accounts receivable, indirect tax • Oversee the AP process end to end through Tipalti and Ramp: vendor onboarding and master data, invoice coding and approvals, payment runs across entities and currencies, and the completeness of AP accruals at close. • Own AR end to end: cash application, marketplace settlements (Amazon, Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart) and the reconciliation of settlement repo