Staff Accountant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of recurring transactional accounting and reconciliation tasks to facilitate the monthly close process.

• Prepare and record entries for revenue deferrals, expense accruals, accrual reversals, prepaid amortization, and vendor rebate allocations.

• Assign codes to entries by department, project, and site dimensions, and attach necessary documentation in Business Central.

• Forward entries to the Controller for approval and maintain an archive of approved entries in SharePoint.

• Monitor close tasks according to the close calendar and identify items at risk.

• Reconcile various accounts, including bank accounts, credit cards, brokerage accounts, lines of credit, AR/AP aging, prepaid, accrual, and deferred revenue accounts.

• Verify bank feeds against source statements and address any synchronization discrepancies.

• Prepare correcting entries and ensure reconciliations result in zero differences.

• Create intercompany cross-charge entries and reconcile due-to/due-from balances.

• Manage foreign-currency transactions and translations at approved rates.

• Oversee monthly payroll allocation utilizing ServiceNow time data and the allocation model.

• Reallocate wages and payroll taxes to customer departments and COGS accounts while preserving the separation of billable and non-billable costs.

• Generate monthly profit and loss statements by department and perform variance analysis compared to the prior three months.

• Investigate and document any variances exceeding 5%.

• Analyze customer gross margin and report trends and anomalies to the Controller.

• Validate reporting packages, ensuring accuracy in dimensions, mappings, corporate department gross profit, and balance sheet integrity.

• Assist with budgeting and forecasting by compiling actuals and recognizing trends.

• Prepare and submit sales and use tax returns while monitoring economic nexus thresholds.

• Gather schedules and records for the external CPA firm.

• Track filing deadlines and maintain records of submissions and correspondence with advisors.

• Provide necessary documentation and reconciliations for audits and due diligence processes.

• Adhere to internal controls, approval thresholds, and documentation standards.

• Document procedures and identify automation opportunities within Business Central and Power Automate.

• Achieve milestones including independent reconciliations, ownership of payroll allocation, intercompany entries, variance analysis, and improvements in the close cycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• At least 4 years of progressively responsible accounting experience, with a focus on month-end close responsibilities.

• A minimum of 2 years of practical experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

• At least 3 years of independent work experience in Business Central, covering general journals, batch imports of journal entries, postings, bank account reconciliations, payment reconciliation journals, dimensions, chart of accounts navigation, financial report/account schedule exports to Excel, trial balance, profit and loss statements, and balance sheets with dimension filters.

• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP, particularly regarding revenue recognition for subscription and multi-period contracts, accruals, and deferrals.

• Proven ability to maintain accuracy under deadlines, demonstrating the judgment to escalate issues rather than make assumptions.

• Direct, hands-on experience with Dynamics 365 Business Central.

• Preferred: experience in IT services, consulting, software resale, or other project-based sectors.

• Preferred: experience with multi-entity, multi-currency, or intercompany accounting.

• Preferred: familiarity with ServiceNow, Power BI, Power Automate, or Power Query.

• Preferred: CPA candidate or actively pursuing licensure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and retirement options.

• Competitive salary aligned with experience.