Senior Accountant

Overview

This role supports the organization’s Accounting function by maintaining accurate, timely, and audit-ready financial records. Responsibilities include preparing financial statements and reconciliations for assigned areas, leading accounting and systems projects, strengthening internal controls, and partnering cross-functionally 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 subject matter expert for assigned areas, including researching and documenting technical accounting positions for 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 team practices.
• Collaborate effectively under pressure, welcome feedback, mentor others through review and explanation, and contribute to shared department 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 and testing of people, process, and system controls.
• Provide regular updates and presentations 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-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.
• Understanding of people, process, and system controls, including experience leading process or project 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 accounting technologies and functional areas (e.g., revenue, billing, or subledger systems).
• Familiarity with entity structure, close calendar, policies, and systems connecting Accounting to the rest of the business.
• Large-project planning experience, including creating major project plans, estimating work, and explaining delivery confidence.

First-Year Expectations

Within 1 month, you’ll…

• Complete onboarding to the 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 and share 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 collaboration.

Within 3 months, you’ll…

• Prepare assigned financial statements and flux analysis independently for two consecutive closes with minimal review.
• Present variance analysis with clear structure and explanation of drivers.
• Contribute 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, and walk Accounting Managers through it.

Within 6 months, you’ll…

• Enhance or redesign reconciliations with substantial backup and clear explanation of work.
• Lead one end-to-end project or system change: write a project plan, estimate work, state confidence in the timeline, and deliver.
• Design and ship 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 (e.g., monthly) and take on additional accounting responsibilities.

Within 12 months, you’ll…

• Be the recognized subject matter expert for your areas, serving as the go-to person for complex accounting questions while owning an expanded set of areas and meeting close deadlines.
• Drive measurable process improvements (e.g., close days saved, hours of manual work removed).

Compensation & Benefits

• Hiring range: $112,500—$148,500 USD (base salary). Individual pay decisions are based on qualifications, experience level, and skillset. This range assumes the job will be performed in the United States.

Benefits for full-time positions only:

• 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums 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 support for teen family members.
• Gender-neutral paid parental leave policy covering all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents.
• 401k enrollment starting on day one.
• After six months of employment, substantial yearly match to employee 401K contributions.
• Annual profit-sharing bonus for employees.
• 100% distributed team; ability to come into the Boston office.
• $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental if working away from home.
• Lifestyle Savings Account with an initial deposit of $1800 and an additional quarterly stipend of $375 for professional development, wellness, financial health, charitable giving, and remote work support.
• Flexible environment with a generous vacation policy encouraging a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 15 paid company holidays.

Location

United States. (100% distributed team; Boston office available.)

Additional Information

The organization participates in the federal E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of newly hired U.S.-based employees. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates and is only initiated upon hire.