Founded In 1853, Levi Strauss opened a wholesale dry goods business in San Francisco that became known as Levi Strauss & Co. Seeing a need for work pants that could hold up under rougher conditions, he and Jacob Davis, a tailor, created the first jean. In 1873, they received a U.S. patent for "waist overalls" with metal rivets at points of strain. The first product line designated by the lot number "501" was created in 1890.
Today we are one of the world's largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. We design and market jeans, casual wear and related accessories for men, women, and children under the Levi's®, Dockers®, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™ and Denizen® brands.
The Senior Analyst – RTR will support the Record to Report (RTR) function for the Asia, Middle East, and Africa (AMA) region. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining strong internal controls, and supporting the monthly close process in compliance with US GAAP, SOX, and company policies.
This role will work closely with regional controllership teams, business partners, and BPO service providers to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting while continuously improving financial processes.
About the role:
Financial Close & Controllership: Lead daily controllership and accounting activities for AMA affiliates.
Support month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines.
Perform financial statement variance analysis and provide insights to the regional controllership team.
Account Reconciliation & Controls: Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for GL account reconciliations.
Review account reconciliations prepared by BPO partners and ensure timely resolution of open items.
Own and execute key SOX controls, ensuring compliance with internal control frameworks.
Revenue & Accounting Support: Support revenue recognition and revenue reversals in accordance with US GAAP standards.
Review intercompany reconciliations, balance confirmations, and ICP transactions.
Maintain accounting oversight for lease accounting, inventory accounting, and sales accounting.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Manage relationships with external BPO service providers, ensuring quality deliverables.
Liaise with regional finance, commercial operations, and cross-functional teams across the AMA region.
Support the controllership team in preparing SEC-required financial reporting schedules.
Process Improvement & Support: Facilitate and explain financial accounting processes to BPO partners.
Support continuous improvements in financial reporting, reconciliation processes, and compliance controls.
Levi Strauss & Co. is looking for a detail‑oriented Senior Analyst, Retail Accounting to support retail accounting operations and broader record‑to‑report (RTR) activities across the Americas. This role partners Retail Operations, Finance, and upstream teams to ensure accurate accounting, timely close, strong controls/SOX compliance, and audit readiness. The ideal candidate is analytical, hands‑on, and comfortable working in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.
About the role:
Own and support monthly, quarterly, and year‑end close activities for retail and general ledger areas (accruals, reclasses, and analysis).
Prepare and review journal entries, ensuring appropriate support, approvals, and compliance with accounting policies.
Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations (retail and corporate accounts), ensuring reconciling items are investigated and cleared in line with SOX/internal control requirements.
Perform checks on retail cash variances (POS, deposits, bank matching) and support bank reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and driving timely resolution.
Analyze P&L and balance sheet fluctuations, prepare variance commentary, and partner with stakeholders to explain results.
Investigate and resolve reconciling items and close variances (including clearing accounts as applicable) in partnership with upstream and downstream teams.
Collaborate with Retail Operations, Finance, Shared Services, and global teams to resolve issues, align on timelines, and improve end‑to‑end processes.
Support internal/external audits and SOX testing by providing documentation, walkthrough support, and timely responses to requests.
Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, and automation (templates, reporting, system enhancements) to improve close accuracy and cycle time.
- Perform monthly reconciliation of inventory across POS, WMS, OMS, SIS customer systems, and marketplace platforms against SAP inventory records.
- Analyze inventory data from multiple systems and identify discrepancies or variances.
- Investigate and resolve inventory differences by collaborating with distribution centers, retail operations teams, store teams, and external partners.
- Monitor and reconcile marketplace inventory and transactions to ensure accurate reporting.
- Ensure timely and accurate adjustment postings in SAP when discrepancies are identified.
- Conduct lookback analysis to determine DTC inventory shrinkage trends.
- Calculate and post monthly shrink reserve accruals for retail stores and distribution centers based on approved shrink percentages applied to COGS extracted from SAP.
- Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, internal controls, and financial reporting standards.
- Prepare and review monthly inventory reconciliation reports, including PC9-level reconciliation between source systems and SAP.
- Provide detailed variance analysis and highlight root causes of discrepancies.
- Identify and escalate potential issues such as fraudulent stock movements, shortages, or excess inventory.
- Provide insights and recommendations to improve inventory accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Collaborate with Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Marketplace teams, and DC team to resolve reconciliation issues.
- Communicate reconciliation findings and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
- Drive alignment across regional teams to ensure consistent inventory processes.
- Support internal and external audits by providing accurate reconciliation documentation and analysis.
- Ensure adherence to US GAAP, SOX compliance requirements, and internal financial policies.
- Continuously identify opportunities to optimize and standardize inventory reconciliation processes across the AMA region.
- Drive automation and simplification initiatives using digital tools and analytics.
- Stay updated on global retail inventory processes and system enhancements.
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