Senior Accountant

Overview

This role supports the Accounting team in keeping financial records accurate, timely, and audit-ready. The Senior Accountant will prepare and analyze financial results for assigned areas, strengthen internal controls, lead accounting projects and system changes, and partner closely with FP&A, Tax, Payroll, AP/AR, Engineering/IT, and external auditors.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate, timely financial statements, reconciliation schedules, and supporting analysis (flux, variance, and trend) for assigned areas.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned areas, including researching and documenting technical accounting positions behind complex or non-routine transactions.
• Lead accounting projects and system changes from planning through delivery.
• Identify and implement improvements to accounting practices, including automation that delivers data faster and reduces risk across teams.
• Own internal controls for assigned areas: identify process/control deficiencies, design and implement solutions, and raise the standard for how the team operates.
• Collaborate effectively across teams; stay positive under pressure, welcome feedback, and contribute to shared departmental goals.

How You’ll Collaborate

• Partner with FP&A, Payroll, Tax, AP/AR, and Engineering/IT on data flows, system changes, internal controls, and month-end close dependencies.
• Support internal and external audits, including testing people, process, and system controls.
• Mentor less experienced teammates by reviewing their work, explaining your thinking, and presenting regularly to the team and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Independently ran month-end close and prepared financial statements for multiple areas, including complex or non-routine transactions, with limited review.
• Hands-on NetSuite experience (or a related ERP), including journal entries, reconciliations, saved searches, and running the close in the system.
• Advanced Excel skills, including complex formulas (lookups, nested logic, pivots, and array formulas) for reconciliations and analysis.
• Day-to-day experience using an AI tool for analysis, automation, or documentation, with sound judgment validating outputs.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and ability to explain accounting decisions clearly with supporting reasoning.
• Understanding of people, process, and system controls, including a track record of leading a project or process improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience extending NetSuite and AI tooling (e.g., saved searches, workflows, scripting) to provide data faster and mitigate risk.
• Experience with adjacent functional areas and technologies adjacent to accounting (e.g., revenue, billing, or subledger systems).
• Familiarity with entity structure, close calendar, policies, and the systems connecting Accounting to the rest of the business—or the curiosity to learn them quickly.
• Large-project planning skills, including major project plans, estimating, and communicating confidence in delivery.

First-Year Success Milestones

Within 1 month

• Complete onboarding to close calendar, chart of accounts, policies, and NetSuite and Numeric (month-end close software) setup; shadow one full month-end close.
• Take over reconciliations and journal entries for assigned accounts and complete them on the close calendar with reviewer sign-off.
• Document people, process, and system controls for assigned areas; share a list of risks and questions with your manager.
• Meet 1:1 with key partners (FP&A, Tax, AP/AR, and audit contacts) to learn needs and align on how you will work together.

Within 3 months

• Prepare assigned financial statements and flux analysis independently for two consecutive closes with minimal review comments.
• Present variance analysis that is clearly structured and explains drivers behind the numbers.
• Provide assigned inputs to the budget schedule on time, with supporting detail and clearly stated assumptions.
• Identify at least two process improvements, rank them by impact and effort, and implement one end to end.
• Research and document the technical accounting position for one non-routine transaction or policy area; walk Accounting Managers through it.

Within 6 months

• Enhance or redesign reconciliations to include substantial backup and clear explanation of work.
• Lead one end-to-end project or system change: write the project plan, estimate work, state confidence in the timeline, and deliver.
• Design and ship an automation (using NetSuite, Excel, and/or AI tools) that reduces manual effort in the close or reporting process and gets data to stakeholders faster.
• Present regularly to the team (e.g., monthly) and take on additional accounting responsibilities.

Within 12 months

• Become the recognized subject matter expert for your areas—consulted on complex accounting questions—while owning an expanded set of areas and meeting close deadlines.
• Drive process improvements with measurable results (e.g., close days saved, hours of manual work removed).

Compensation & Benefits

Hiring Range (Base Salary)

• $112,500—$148,500 USD
• This range reflects base salary and assumes the job will be performed in the United States.

Benefits (Full-time positions)

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums: 100% covered for employees and their families; fertility and gender-affirming healthcare included in all plans.
• Supplemental mental health and wellness benefits available via Ginger, including Ginger for teen family members.
• Gender-neutral paid parental leave for all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents.
• 401k enrollment eligible starting on day one; after six months of employment, the organization provides a substantial yearly match to employee 401K contributions.
• Annual profit-sharing bonus.
• 100% distributed team; optional to visit the Boston office.
• $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental if working away from home.
• Lifestyle Savings Account: initial deposit of $1800, plus an additional quarterly stipend of $375 for professional development, wellness, financial health, charitable giving, and remote work support.
• Flexible time off with a generous vacation policy encouraging a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 15 paid company holidays.

Location

United States (job performed in the United States). A Boston office is available for those who prefer to come into the office.