--- title: 'Accounting Manager at Mill' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/accounting-manager-mill-san-bruno-8nqbec80x2eg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-04' --- # Accounting Manager at Mill - **Company:** Mill - **Location:** San Bruno, CA - **Posted:** 2026-08-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mill/jobs/4723307005 ## Job description Mill is a waste prevention technology company reimagining what it means to eliminate waste, starting with food. We build smart systems and infrastructure for homes, businesses, and municipalities that transform food scraps from landfill-bound waste into valuable resources, including chicken feed. Tens of thousands of Mill’s residential food recyclers are already helping households divert millions of pounds of food scraps every year, paving the way for our upcoming launch of Mill Commercial—the industry’s first end-to-end solution for managing, understanding, and preventing food waste in commercial environments (e.g. grocery, restaurants, food services). At Mill, we are passionate about building easy-to-use, beautifully designed technologies that keep food in the food system and out of landfills. San Bruno, California Mill is all about answering a simple question: how can we prevent waste? Less waste can save time, money, energy, maybe even our planet. And there’s no better place to start than food. Food waste is one of the most solvable climate problems facing us today. Plus, our trash really stinks. It’s gross, heavy, and our least favorite chore. At Mill we are striving to build a better environment for all, as we take on climate and kitchen change. As the Accounting Manager you’ll… - Take ownership of operational accounting and reporting, including detailed analysis, reconciliation, and reporting of all general ledger accounts. - Manage inventory accounting and reserves; fleet management; equity accounting and stock-based compensation. - Draft technical accounting memos where needed, including debt, equity transactions, lessor accounting, etc. - Liaise with Operations on manufacturing processes and reporting. - Oversee Accounts Payable process and accruals. - Help establish effective and automated processes for financial reporting and analytics. - Enhancement or creation of internal controls around assets and financial reporting. - Liaise with auditors for financial statement audits. - Partners cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, HR, Legal, and other department leads - Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned - Help recruit, select, orient, train and manage future buildout of the accounting staff Ideally you’ll have… - Bachelor’s degree, preferably in finance or accounting, or related majors including business - CPA required, inactive status ok - 5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in public audit firms and/or established retail businesses - High level of attention to detail and significant experience in financial accounting and financial reporting. Inventory / retail experience preferred. - Experience working in a high-growth, dynamic environment - Exceptional written and verbal communication skills - Data-driven problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and drive quality and process improvements - NetSuite experience a plus The estimated base salary range for this position is $150k to $170k, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs. At Mill, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. ## About Mill ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Mill makes it easy to keep food out of landfills with innovative, odorless food recycling solutions for homes, workplaces, and cities. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: San Bruno, California, USA - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (founded by a team from Nest Labs / Google, though specific names are not widely publicized) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Environmental Services / Consumer Hardware & Software - Target customers: B2C (homeowners), B2B (grocery and food service partners via Mill Commercial) - Mission: To eliminate waste for good, starting with the food that ends up in landfills. The goal is to turn kitchen scraps into food for chickens, keeping food in the food system and out of landfills. ## Products & Services - **Mill Food Recycler (Home)**: An odorless, effortless food recycling bin for the home. It uses intelligent tech to dehydrate and reduce food volume by 80% overnight. Users do not need to press a button; the device senses how much is added. The resulting grounds are shipped to Mill's small-farm partners for use as chicken feed. Type: Consumer Hardware + Service (subscription). - **Mill Commercial**: A new solution for grocery stores and food service businesses to manage food waste at scale, leveraging the same core technology. Type: B2B Hardware + Service. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Total Funding**: $170.8M across 6 rounds [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mill) - **Key Metric**: 21,000,000+ pounds of food kept out of landfills [mill.com](https://www.mill.com/) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Prelude Ventures (led Series C), Climate Pledge Fund (Amazon), and others [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mill) - **Growth Signals**: 110 total employees [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/mill) (LinkedIn reports 548, likely including contractors/partners) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mill); 14 active job postings as of mid-2026; launch of Mill Commercial; headcount growth of +0.4% monthly [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mill) ## Competitive Advantages - **Hardware + Software Moat**: The combination of a custom hardware appliance, embedded firmware, and a computer vision AI engine creates a difficult-to-replicate system. - **Network Effect**: The more users Mill has, the more food waste is diverted, strengthening their supply chain of grounds for chicken feed and their partnerships with farms. - **Brand & Design**: A strong focus on industrial design and user experience (odorless, effortless, beautiful) differentiates it from compost pails and garbage disposals. - **Climate Impact**: Directly addresses methane emissions from landfills (methane is 80x more potent than CO2), giving it a strong mission-driven narrative. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the Home Business**: Expanding the subscriber base for the home food recycler. - **Launching Mill Commercial**: Entering the B2B market with grocery and food service partners to capture waste upstream. - **International Expansion**: Likely future focus, given the global scale of food waste. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: Employees are directly working on climate change, keeping food out of landfills. - **Hybrid Work**: Hybrid work environment (typical time on-site: 2 days a week) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/mill). - **Culture**: Described as a mix of hardware, software, and AI engineering with a startup feel. Offers company equity, 401(K), generous parental leave, free snacks, and company-sponsored family events [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/mill). - **Engineering Focus**: Heavy investment in hardware engineering (San Bruno) and software/AI (Computer Vision). Roles include Hardware Test Engineer, Senior Firmware Engineer, AI Engineer (Computer Vision), and Product Design Engineer [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/Mill). - **Employee Rating**: 3.4/5.0 on LinkedIn (23 reviews), with Culture rated 3.7 and Compensation rated 3.6 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mill). ## Sources 1. [mill.com](https://www.mill.com/) 2. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/Mill) 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/mill) 4. 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