Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Jobot

The Tone:
This is a full-time Staff Accountant position with a growing technology company. The organization is distinguished by its strong product, an expanding customer base, and clear momentum within its market segment. As the business continues to scale, a crucial need has emerged to build out the accounting team. This role specifically focuses on supporting the monthly financial close process and enhancing the company’s day-to-day accounting operations. Joining this team offers a unique opportunity for an individual to contribute to and grow within a company that is still actively shaping its internal processes and infrastructure, rather than inheriting rigid systems. The work environment is described as flexible and modern, with a team that empowers individuals to manage their own time effectively.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Pay: $70000–$85000 yearly
• Team: Part of a scaling accounting team, reporting directly to the Controller with a defined path to Senior Accountant.
• Mission: Support the monthly financial close and own assigned reconciliations, schedules, and transactional accounting processes as the company builds out its team.
• Tech Stack: NetSuite, ERP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Oversee monthly close procedures: Take responsibility for preparing all necessary journal entries and financial accruals, playing a key role in the timely and accurate completion of the monthly financial close process.
• Ensure financial accuracy and compliance: Conduct thorough reconciliations of assigned balance sheet accounts, meticulously maintaining comprehensive supporting documentation to ensure data integrity and audit readiness.
• Manage daily transactional processing: Efficiently process all accounts payable invoices, employee expense reports, and corporate card transactions, ensuring accuracy and adherence to company policies.
• Maintain critical financial schedules: Accurately maintain and update prepaid expense, accrual, and fixed asset schedules, which are vital for proper financial statement presentation.
• Support strategic accounting functions and improvements: Provide essential support for revenue and deferred revenue schedules, contribute to recurring financial reports, assist with flux analysis, and participate in annual audit preparations. Additionally, actively help improve close processes, system workflows, and documentation as the company experiences significant growth and scales its operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. A foundational understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the mechanics of journal entries, and the process of account reconciliation is essential for this role.
• Experience: A minimum of one year of direct accounting experience is required. This includes practical experience working within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system or a dedicated accounting system, with specific mention of platforms such as NetSuite being highly relevant.
• Skills: Strong proficiency in Excel is a critical skill for managing data, preparing schedules, and performing analyses.