ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no one else: It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever-constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

As a condition of employment, Kendo requires all newly hired employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their start date unless they have requested and received an exemption from the Company in the form of a reasonable accommodation due to a qualifying medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice.

The salary range for this position is (insert salary range) based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for a month in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

Summary

The Accounting and Administration Specialist is responsible for accurately maintaining and processing of accounts payable transactions, performing month and year-end activities and reconciling our record to vendors’ statements in a timely manner. This position is also responsible for supporting the general ledger team such as uploading journal entries to the general ledger and conducting various administrative tasks for office management and maintenance. This position reports to Accounts Payable Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Process AP invoices and payments accurately
• Secure proper payment approvals to process invoices.
• Prepare approved invoices for payment
• Prepares accounts payable aging report for weekly payment disbursements and reviews payment run proposal with approval from AP Manager/Supervisor.
• Oversees maintenance of accounts payable files and records.
• Prepare 1099s at year end.
• Responds to all vendor and employee inquiries regarding invoices, expenses, and payment requests; resolves invoice discrepancies.
• Prepares invoice analysis on selected vendors prior to processing payments.
• Verify assigned vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions in a timely manner.
• Provides invoice schedule for month-end AP accrual.
• Conduct various aspects of office maintenance.
• Conduct administrative tasks for the office (ordering supplies, orchestrating the office events etc.)
• Support the general ledger team as requested.
• Perform Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 2+ years AP related experience and office management experience.
• Entry level accounting related experience a plus.
• Proficiency with large ERP system preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• High degree of attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytic abilities.
• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within fast paced environment.