Senior Accountant
Overview
Join a collaborative finance team as a Senior Accountant supporting a complex, multi-entity accounting environment. This technical accounting role will focus on month-end and quarter-end close activities, accruals, incurred revenue, capitalized commissions, account reconciliations, and process improvements. You’ll work cross-functionally with Finance, FP&A, Payroll, Benefits, and Accounts Receivable while using technology and AI tools to improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and accelerate the close.
Required Skills
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong experience with month-end and quarter-end close activities
- Hands-on experience with:
- Journal entries
- IBNR and OPEX accruals
- Capitalized commissions
- Incurred revenue
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- General ledger operations
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and accrual accounting
- Experience with intercompany transactions and multi-entity environments
- Demonstrated ability to perform flux and variance analysis and communicate findings clearly
- Advanced Excel skills, including large datasets, pivot tables, and complex formulas
- Proficiency with NetSuite or an equivalent ERP system; NetSuite experience is required
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to translate accounting findings clearly to non-accounting stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across departments
- Demonstrated ownership, integrity, self-motivation, and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team environment
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience in a medium-sized public or private company
- Big Four public accounting experience
- Experience with FloQast and Zip
- Foreign currency transaction experience
- Familiarity with technical accounting matters, including:
- Leases under ASC 842
- Internal-use software under ASC 350-40
- Capitalized commissions under ASC 340-40
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, or similar platforms to automate accounting workflows and identify process improvements
- Experience documenting accounting processes and implementing internal controls
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Active CA or CPA designation, or progress toward certification, preferred
- Experience supporting annual external audits and owning prepared-by-client requests across assigned general ledger areas
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and finance leadership in a dynamic environment
Other Requirements
- Work arrangement: Fully remote
- Contract assignment expected to last approximately 1–3 months, with potential for conversion based on business needs and performance
- Availability to support a mid-November start, following completion of the applicable month-end close
- Ability to support special projects, ad hoc Finance initiatives, and continuous process improvement efforts
