Senior Accountant

Overview

This role involves owning full-cycle accounting, supporting project profitability, and managing daily financial operations in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.

In collaboration with the Financial Controller, you will support month-end close, revenue recognition, and financial reporting, while also partnering with operational team leads on client engagement burn rates, margin profitability, and labor utilization across a global technology team.

Responsibilities

Payroll & Benefits Administration

• Process end-to-end multi-state semi-monthly/monthly payroll for salaried, hourly, and international contractor/employee teams using modern payroll systems.
• Handle inquiries from DOL/DOR.
• Respond to payroll-related questions from team members quickly and confidentially.

Month-End Close & Financial Reporting

• Assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close procedures to ensure timely and accurate GAAP compliance.
• Prepare journal entries, bank reconciliations, prepaid expense schedules, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support financial modeling, variance analysis (budget vs. actual), and management dashboard updates.

Accounts Receivable (AR) & Revenue Operations

• Manage the complete AR cycle: generate invoices, track milestone billing, and maintain accurate customer accounts.
• Monitor collections, resolve billing discrepancies with clients, and maintain clean revenue schedules.
• Support revenue recognition schedules tailored to software models.

Client & Project Financial Management

• Monitor project-level finances across active client engagements, including tracking total project expenditure, budget vs. actuals, and burn rates.
• Calculate and report client and project profitability, gross margins, and milestone completion metrics to guide leadership decisions.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Account Leads to align project billing schedules with deliverables and scope changes (SOWs/Change Orders).
• Analyze employee and contractor billable rates, utilization metrics, and labor costs to support resource allocation and project margins.
• Establish standard financial reporting templates for client-facing projects to identify margin risks early and streamline revenue forecasting.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of general accounting experience, including at least 2+ years in a tech, startup, or software/tech services environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA or active progress toward CPA is a plus.
• Advanced experience with cloud ERP.
• Familiarity with project tracking and modern tech stack platforms.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, multi-state payroll practices, project accounting, and revenue recognition basics.
• Proven ability to analyze project costs, billable margins, and client profitability.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain financial metrics to non-finance team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or active progress toward CPA.
• Experience with project accounting and revenue recognition for software models.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Childcare and wellness stipends.
• Dedicated employee assistance resources.

Location

• Fully remote role.