Staff Accountant

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete accounting cycle, ensuring all daily general ledger activities comply with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end timelines.

• Carry out monthly closing processes, which involve preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and managing the close checklist.

• Conduct variance analysis on monthly outcomes to verify precision and offer insights into financial changes.

• Manage the Accounts Payable (AP) process, which includes overseeing expense categorization and upholding strong internal controls.

• Handle billing and accounts receivable by generating and dispatching customer invoices as required.

• Ensure budget integrity by reviewing revenue and expenditure discrepancies against budgets, forecasts, and previous quarters.

• Serve as the key contact between the organization and external Tax and Audit partners to guarantee smooth compliance.

• Create and uphold accounting standards, defining the organization's principles, practices, and procedures to accommodate growth.

• Propel process enhancements and accounting initiatives that reinforce the foundational operations of the department.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must reside within the United States.

• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in Accounting, Business, or Finance.

• Over 10 years of experience in accounts payable and general ledger accounting.

• Familiarity with GAAP accounting principles and practices.

• Practical experience applying ASC 606 in a SaaS environment (contract review, revenue schedules, deferred revenue, etc.).

• Proven capability to collaborate with operations/deal desk on contract interpretation.

• Ability to work directly with a CFO.

• General understanding of transactional accounting: AP, AR, payroll, etc.

• Comprehensive knowledge of audit support requirements (including approvals) for transaction processing.

• Capacity to multitask, perform under pressure, and meet deadlines.

• Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion, maintain confidentiality, and make sound judgments.

• Confidence to ask questions; you will be an active contributor and problem solver for the business.

• Proven experience with Maxio.

• Exceptional planning, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• QBO certified.

🏝️ Benefits

• Three weeks of paid time off (PTO) plus one week of holiday recess in December.

• One week of Safe & Sick leave.

• Ten company holidays and two floating holidays.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

• Paid parental bonding leave.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of up to 5%.

• Company-provided laptop and hardware.