Staff Accountant I

Job Description

Staff Accountant I | Respondology

The Tone:
This is an early career role at Respondology, located in Boulder, CO, with a hybrid work schedule. Respondology is an AI-powered social engagement platform that modernizes how social marketers manage, listen to, and respond to comments at scale. Top brands rely on Respondology to transform comment sections into community, commerce, and competitive intelligence. This role is crucial as the first core accounting team member, serving as the day-to-day engine for the company’s financial operations and directly supporting the CFO.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: Hybrid Boulder, CO
• Pay: $60000–$70000 yearly
• Team: Reports directly to the CFO as the first core accounting team member
• Mission: Own the day-to-day financial operations including bookkeeping, AR/AP, deposits, and reporting to ensure accurate financial records and support scaling finance functions.
• Tech Stack: QuickBooks Online, Excel/Google Sheets, Rippling (or similar), billing/AR automation tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage Accounts Receivable: Oversee daily accounts receivable, apply payments, and follow up on outstanding balances while building friendly client relationships.
• Handle Invoicing & Payables: Manage customer invoicing, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery, and enter vendor bills to prepare payment runs for approval.
• Process Expenses & Reports: Enter and review employee expense submissions, including for the CEO, ensuring correct coding and adherence to company policy, and prepare monthly commissions and recurring financial reports for leadership.
• Perform Reconciliations: Prepare monthly bank, credit card, and expense reimbursement reconciliations, with review and support from the CFO.
• Streamline Processes: Actively work to streamline and automate routine accounting work, from cleaner data entry to cash tracking, and support month-end tasks.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience, demonstrating a solid grasp of accounting fundamentals.
• Experience: 1-3 years of hands-on experience in accounting, bookkeeping, or AR/AP, including relevant internship experience, ideally within a startup or SaaS environment.
• Skills: Working knowledge of accounting fundamentals, comfort with AP, AR, and bank reconciliations, experience with cloud accounting software (QuickBooks Online preferred), strong Excel/Google Sheets skills, exceptional attention to detail, strong organization, clear communication, and an ownership mindset.
• Bonus: Experience with billing/AR automation tools, experience with commissions reporting or expense tools (like Rippling), or an interest in growing toward a Staff Accountant role or the CPA path.