Overview
This role supports the accounting function within a distributed organization. Responsibilities include owning the general ledger, managing daily accounting operations (including AP/AR and invoicing), driving month-end close, maintaining audit-ready documentation, improving controls and system hygiene, and supporting compliance needs such as sales tax.
Responsibilities
- Support the month-end close cycle, including:
- Consolidating source data into draft financial statements
- Reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules
- Own the general ledger and maintain accuracy, completeness, and proper classification across all accounts
- Manage daily accounting operations, including:
- AP, AR, invoicing, collections, cash application, and expense coding
- Prepare draft financial statements and flux analyses for review
- Maintain audit-ready documentation across all major cycles, ensuring accuracy and completeness ahead of evidence requests
- Develop and maintain standardized processes, checklists, reconciliations, and close procedures
- Improve data integrity between QBO, Ramp, Stripe, HRIS, and CRM through routine system hygiene and reconciliation
- Implement recurring controls such as:
- Monthly reconciliations
- Approval workflows
- Segregation of duties evidence
- Revenue/expense cutoff
- Maintain the contract repository and extract key financial terms to support accurate revenue recognition
- Monitor customer AR, track upcoming payments, and collaborate with Sales to escalate overdue payments where appropriate
- Support sales tax compliance, including nexus tracking, filings support, and evidence preparation
- Improve expense review workflows, ensure policy adherence, and maintain receipt and coding completeness
- Identify operational gaps and partner with Accounting and Financial Systems to define and implement scalable solutions
- Document processes thoroughly to reduce single-point dependency and support audit requirements
Requirements
- Deep experience owning the month-end close, including complex reconciliations, accruals, and judgment-based journal entries
- Strong general ledger ownership with the ability to maintain accuracy, completeness, and proper classification at scale
- Proven ability to prepare and review financial statements, perform flux analysis, and explain drivers to stakeholders
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining internal controls and audit-ready documentation
- Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks Online and integrated finance systems, with a focus on data integrity and system hygiene
- Strong understanding of revenue recognition principles, including contract review and term extraction
- Experience overseeing AR and collections processes, including cross-functional escalation with Sales
- Working knowledge of sales tax compliance support, nexus considerations, and audit evidence preparation
- Demonstrated ability to identify operational gaps, reduce single-point dependency, and implement scalable accounting processes
- High ownership mindset with excellent judgment, prioritization, and ability to operate independently in a fast-growing environment
Compensation & Benefits
- Target base salary: $110,000 - 129,000
- Salary reviews: reviewed every six months using market and data-driven salary sources
- Benefits and perks include:
- $4,000/yr Travel Stipend to travel to work alongside other team members
- $350/mo Productivity stipend for items that improve work productivity (e.g., high-speed internet at home or a co-working space)
- Cover up to 100% of health insurance costs for you and your partner or family
- Equity in the organization
Location
- Distributed across the US and Europe.
- Hiring for this role in the NY Hub or for candidates willing to relocate to NY.
- Work arrangements may include working from a hub, working from home, or working at co-working spaces.
Interview Process
- Estimated total time: ~3 hours
- Interview steps may include:
- Introduction with the hiring manager (30m)
- Finance-focused team interview with Finance Lead (45m)
- Quick technical interview (30m)
- Final interviews including process and operations discussion (45m each)
- Reference checks and a background check
- Additional conversations can be requested.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.