Senior Accountant

Overview

The organization is seeking a Senior Accountant to own core accounting operations, support the monthly close process, prepare financial reporting, strengthen reconciliations, and help build a clean, scalable accounting foundation.

This role requires strong GAAP knowledge, advanced Excel capability, comfort with ERP systems, and the ability to work in a fast-moving private equity-backed environment. Success depends on accuracy, organization, strong deadline management, and a constructive approach to identifying and closing process gaps.

Responsibilities

• Month-End and Year-End Close: Lead and execute assigned close activities, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany entries, and general ledger review.
• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare financial statements, management reporting schedules, flux analysis, and variance commentary to explain performance drivers.
• Reconciliations and Data Integrity: Perform complex reconciliations across balance sheet, bank, cash, revenue, deferred revenue, payment processing, and general ledger accounts.
• Audit and Compliance: Maintain GAAP compliance, support internal controls, prepare audit schedules, and serve as a key point of contact for external audit requests.
• Process Improvement: Identify accounting workflow gaps, improve close cadence, document SOPs, and help build scalable controls for a carve-out environment.
• Cross-Functional Support: Partner with Finance, Operations, Sales, HR, and external vendors to resolve accounting issues and improve financial visibility.
• Team Support: Review work prepared by junior accounting staff, provide coaching, and help set standards for accuracy, accountability, and urgency.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist with budget preparation, forecast updates, account-level analysis, and ad hoc financial projects requested by leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally including month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit support.
• Strong practical knowledge of GAAP and internal control principles.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas, data validation, and financial analysis.
• Experience with Campfire ERP or accounting systems such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP, Sage Intacct, or similar platforms.
• Ability to analyze large datasets, investigate discrepancies, and translate findings into clear business recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting issues to non-accounting stakeholders.
• Proven ability to prioritize competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred.
• Public accounting experience or audit background preferred.
• Experience in SaaS, payments, restaurant technology, fintech, or other transaction-heavy environments.
• Experience with revenue recognition, deferred revenue, merchant/payment processor reconciliations, sales tax, multi-entity accounting, or intercompany accounting.
• Experience supporting a private equity-backed company, carve-out, turnaround, or high-growth operating environment.
• Comfort building documentation, close checklists, reconciliations, and process controls from the ground up.

First 90 Days: Success Outcomes

• Own assigned month-end close activities with clear deadlines, documented status, and minimal rework.
• Build or refine key account reconciliation schedules and identify material gaps or risk areas.
• Produce clean, management-ready variance explanations for priority accounts and financial statements.
• Support audit and diligence requests with accurate, organized, and timely schedules.
• Recommend practical improvements to the close calendar, reconciliations, controls, and accounting workflow.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: 105,000 - 120,000 USD per year

Location

• Remote - U.S.