Senior Accountant

Overview

This role involves serving as a Senior Accountant within a growing Finance team focused on maintaining the integrity of financial records during rapid scaling. The position centers on managing accounting operations for a modular, deployed data center program, overseeing the full lifecycle from acquisition to retirement. The role requires strong technical accounting skills, organization, and the ability to build scalable processes in a high-growth environment.

Location: Remote-based in San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, or Seattle.

Responsibilities

Program Accounting

• Manage end-to-end accounting for a modular data center program, acting as the primary accounting resource for related balance sheet and income statement items.
• Oversee accounting across the full asset lifecycle: procurement, inventory, construction in progress (CIP), capitalization, deployment, redeployment, retirement, and disposal.
• Administer the fixed asset management system, ensuring accurate asset records and driving process improvements.
• Evaluate and document accounting treatments for assets under U.S. GAAP, including inventory, CIP, and fixed asset classifications.
• Maintain fixed asset and inventory subledgers with timely monthly reconciliations to the general ledger.
• Manage CIP schedules and ensure capitalization upon deployment; develop depreciation methodologies and useful life assumptions.
• Capitalize freight, installation, deployment, and other directly attributable costs; collaborate with operations to ensure accurate cost burden calculations.
• Support debt-financed acquisitions, coordinating debt facility drawdowns and related accounting.
• Maintain accounting records for insurance policies related to the program, including premiums, coverage periods, prepaid balances, and claims.
• Track asset movements to ensure subledger accuracy.
• Perform and support physical inventory and fixed asset counts; resolve discrepancies and maintain audit-ready documentation.

General Accounting & Close

• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for assigned areas, ensuring accurate and timely entries.
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules across balance sheet and P&L accounts.
• Manage prepaid expense accounting, including tracking, amortization, and reconciliation.
• Track cost of sales for program-related revenue transactions, ensuring proper matching.
• Assist in preparing monthly financial packages and variance analyses for Finance leadership.
• Prepare audit-ready workpapers and support external audits, tax reviews, and due diligence.

Cross-Functional & Process Improvement

• Partner with FP&A on capital expenditure forecasting, depreciation forecasting, and fleet-level cost analyses.
• Act as a finance partner to Operations, Procurement, and Supply Chain on program-related transactions, providing accounting guidance.
• Collaborate with Revenue Accounting and Finance leadership on accounting considerations related to deployments and customer arrangements.
• Design and maintain internal controls over asset and inventory accounting.
• Identify automation opportunities and help scale accounting processes, ERP workflows, and reporting.
• Assist with technical accounting research, policy development, and special projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Active CPA license required.
• 4–6+ years of progressive accounting experience in public accounting (Big 4 or regional firm), corporate accounting, or both; experience in high-growth or startup environments preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including analyzing large datasets, building scalable reconciliations, and developing reporting schedules; experience with Power Query or similar tools is a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including ASC 330 (Inventory), ASC 360 (Fixed Assets), CIP, and internal controls.
• Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar.
• Experience managing fixed asset programs, inventory accounting, or capital-intensive operations.
• Demonstrated success improving accounting processes, implementing controls, or supporting system enhancements.
• High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and ability to work independently with ownership.
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex accounting concepts for cross-functional partners.
• Strong accountability, business judgment, and proactive problem-solving approach.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary Range (U.S. based candidates):

• Tier 1 (e.g., SF Bay Area, NYC, Seattle): $100,104 – $125,005
• Tier 2 (most U.S. metro areas): $86,960 – $108,700
• Tier 3 (other cities): $82,612 – $103,265

Final compensation will be determined by experience, scope, and level, and may vary from the posted range.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary and equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (subsidized)
• Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
• Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• 14 paid company holidays per year

Ideal Candidate Attributes

• Growth mindset with intellectual curiosity and strong business acumen.
• Detail-oriented problem solver with a "get-it-done" attitude.
• Thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments.
• Collaborative team player focused on business success.
• Highly organized and results-driven with strong prioritization skills.

Equal Opportunity

The organization is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Application Note

Unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from external agencies or recruiters are not accepted. Candidates must apply directly through the organization's official application channels.