Cannabis jobs at WithumSmith+Brown

at WithumSmith+Brown

Orlando; Boston; Woburn, MA; Washington, DC; East Brunswick, NJ; Princeton, NJ; Red Bank, NJ; Saddle Brook, NJ; Whippany, NJ; New York; Providence

Looking to work at a firm that encourages a work life balance and a path to Partnership?

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today’s modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.

Withum’s Tax Services Group is made up of a brilliant team of tax specialists that work to ensure tax reporting obligations are met in an accurate and timely manner and minimize or defer the payment of taxes. Their comprehensive understanding of international, US federal, state, and local regulations, counting our affiliation with HLB international, allows them to help develop economical tax strategies anywhere. Their services include Business, Individual, State & Local tax, R&D Tax Credit, as well as International and Private Client services.

This Tax Supervisor role will be focused on our clients within the cannabis industry. You'll work alongside an integrated team of seasoned, well-known CPAs and industry leaders. In this position, you will take a lead role on all aspects of audit engagements, from planning to completion, to include supervision/mentoring of staff and building/maintaining relationships with clients.

Withum’s brand is a reflection of our people, our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day, whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way, promoting personal and professional growth for all team members, clients, and surrounding communities.

How you'll spend your time:

• Active involvement in consulting services to these entrepreneurial companies in establishing operations, structure of entities and assisting in preparation of forecasts and projections.


• Consult with clients on unique cannabis topics including: costing of inventory, Sections 280E and 471 compliance and structuring transactions and entities.


• Assessing the tax efficiency of client’s cost of goods sold values and other production costs


• Advising clients on structuring M&A Activity, both on the buy or sell side of the transaction


• Researching opportunities for reducing tax obligations through cost segregation and credits (energy, R&D and incentives)


• Consulting with clients on multi-state and local tax matters


• Overseeing the preparation of various Federal and State tax filings


• Network with other industry representatives to promote our brand in this tight knit sector


• Researching relevant and often unique tax issues and resolutions/recommendations for those issues


• Identifying tax planning opportunities for stakeholder


• Staying abreast of developments and changes in Federal, state and local laws


• Develop tax planning strategies for owners and senior management in an effort to create wealth


• Conduct constructive discussions with team members on their evaluations and providing constructive counsel


• Training and supervision of staff accountants

The kinds of people we want to talk to have many of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Master of Science in Taxation is preferred


• CPA License (preferred) or plan to obtain license


• At least 3 years of public accounting experience


• Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships


• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing projects


• Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills to represent the Firm well to client’s management


• Excellent analytical, organizational, project management skills, strong attention to detail, and proven innovative problem-solving skills


• Ability to travel as needed based on client assignments

Withum will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because they are a protected veteran.

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at WithumSmith+Brown

Orlando; Boston; Woburn, MA; East Brunswick, NJ; Princeton, NJ; Red Bank, NJ; Whippany, NJ; New York; Providence

Looking to work at a firm that encourages a work life balance?

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today’s modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.

Withum’s Auditing and Attest Engagement services are the cornerstone of our firm. Withum’s audit and advisory team possess the expertise necessary to give stakeholders confidence in financial information. This team provides audit services, Review and compilation services and other agreed upon audit procedures to a variety of client sizes and industries.

This Cannabis Audit Manager role will be based out of any of these office locations Orlando, FL, Boston, MA, Woburn, MA, East Brunswick, NJ, Princeton, NJ, Red Bank, NJ, Whippany, NJ, New York City, NY, or Providence, RI. but will have the ability to work remotely as well. You'll work alongside an integrated team of seasoned, well-known CPAs and industry leaders and have an opportunity to build a strong team to be provided with a path to Partnership.

Withum’s brand is a reflection of our people, our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day, whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way, promoting personal and professional growth for all team members, clients, and surrounding communities.

How You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Active involvement in consulting services to these entrepreneurial companies in establishing operations, structuring entities, assessing controls, and assisting in preparation of forecasts and projections.


• Oversee the engagement team staff on the planning and execution of attest services (audit, review or compilation) to effectively and efficiently provide world-class client service to cannabis clients


• Consult with clients on unique cannabis topics including: costing of inventory Sections 280E and 471 compliance and structuring transactions and entities.


• Consult with clients on highly relevant cannabis industry topics such as: accounting for deal costs, debt with warrants, and share-based compensation.


• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the audit engagement from staffing, planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, financial reporting and reporting on a GAAP basis


• Provide supervision and support to the engagement staff and seniors and promote open communication to the engagement partner


• Collaborate with engagement team seniors or supervisors and partners on client issue resolution and make recommendations for any legal, regulatory and accounting issues that arise during an attest/ audit engagement


• Network with other industry representatives to promote our brand in this tight knit sector


• Manage multiple engagements concurrently with various teams to efficiently meet client deadlines and monitor financial metrics


• Conduct constructive discussions with team members on their evaluations and providing constructive counsel


• Serve in professional development programs as an instructor or discussion leader.


• Collaborate with the cannabis team on researching industry topics and emerging trends to create and present article and webinar content.

The Kinds of People We Want to Talk to Have Many of The Following:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting and CPA license


• At least 5+ years of public accounting experience, with experience leading multiple engagements and supervising staff


• Excellent analytical, technical, and auditing skills including familiarity with US GAAP


• Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships


• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing projects


• Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills to represent the Firm well to client’s management


• Excellent analytical, organizational, project management skills, strong attention to detail, and proven innovative problem-solving skills


• Ability to travel as needed based on client assignments

Withum will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because they are a protected veteran.

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Outsourced Accounting Cost Accounting Manager

Looking to work at a firm that encourages a work life balance?

Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of StrengthSM in today's modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.

Withum's Outsourced Accounting Systems and Services (OASyS) team is seeking an Outsourced Accounting Manager with a Cost Accounting focus to join our growing team in any of our US Office locations. They will oversee and work together with staff and senior team members to service a wide range of companies and supply chain industries (manufacturing, distribution, cannabis, construction, and consumer products). Are you a proven problem solver with a knack for numbers? Are you dedicated, hardworking and a great team player? If so, this position may be for you!

Withum's brand is a reflection of our people, our culture and our strength. Withum has become synonymous with teamwork and client service excellence. The cornerstone of our success can truly be accredited to the dedicated professionals who work here every day, whose mission is to help our clients grow and thrive - to be in a position of strength. But our commitment goes beyond our clients as we continue to live the Withum Way, promoting personal and professional growth for all team members, clients, and surrounding communities.

How You'll Share Your Expertise:

• Developing cost standards for materials, labor, and overhead


• Overseeing timely and accurate month-end cost accounting and inventory management close responsibilities


• Reviewing financial reports & analysis for product profitability, standard costing variances, and inventory valuation


• Performing business analysis and preparing periodical / ad hoc reports to support business decisions and to improve business performance / profitability (e.g., cost / benefit analysis of expenditures, lease vs buy scenarios, sensitivity analysis of volatile raw material prices, labor and overhead)


• Preparing the related reports (e. g. P&L, Capital and operational expenditures, risk, scenario and presentation) and coordinating all involved parties; ensuring link between top-down targets and bottom-up planning; conducting gap analysis between actual and planned data


• Building and supervising a team of cost and inventory accounting staff


• Evaluating and researching inventory valuation methodologies for clients to consider and assist in the implementation


• Working with our ERP Implementation team, consult on the design of cost accounting systems


• Budgeting / Cash flow forecasting


• Working with Client Leadership

The Kinds of People We Want to Talk to Have Many of The Following:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance


• CPA preferable but not required


• 4 to 7+ years of operational and accounting experience


• Industry experience in any of the following: manufacturing, distribution, cannabis, wholesale and retail


• Outstanding communication skills


• Preferably experience with Intacct Accounting System, QBO, and/or NetSuite Accounting Systems]


• Experience with key financial metrices, including operational and capital expenditures and inventory costing

Withum will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, or because they are a protected veteran.

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