Overview
The organization is seeking a Staff Accountant to support day-to-day accounting operations and help drive a meaningful share of the month-end close. This is a hands-on role within an early-stage finance function, with broad exposure to multi-entity consolidation, usage-based revenue, and sales tax compliance. The position involves building and maintaining reconciliations, schedules, and documentation to keep the business audit-ready.
Responsibilities
Month-End Close & General Ledger
- Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, payroll, and other recurring areas.
- Own assigned balance sheet reconciliations, including cash, prepaids, accruals, and intercompany, with clear support and documented explanations for open items.
- Maintain supporting schedules (prepaid amortization, fixed assets and depreciation, accrual rollforwards) and ensure they tie to the GL.
- Assist with flux and variance analysis on close deliverables, flagging unexpected movements before reporting goes out.
- Help tighten the close calendar and document procedures as processes mature.
Accounts Payable & Disbursements
- Own the AP cycle: vendor onboarding, invoice intake and coding, approval routing, and payment runs.
- Manage corporate card and employee expense reporting, including policy compliance and receipt substantiation.
- Reconcile the AP subledger to the GL and manage the accrual for unbilled vendor activity at period end.
- Maintain vendor records, W-9s, and 1099 reporting.
Compliance & Tax Support
- Support US sales tax compliance: nexus monitoring, registrations, filings, and exemption certificate management.
- Assist with state and local registrations and annual filings as expansion continues.
- Prepare schedules and provide support for external tax preparers and advisors.
- Support intercompany transaction recording and reconciliation between US and non-US entities, working with external and internal entity stakeholders.
Systems, Process & Cross-Functional
- Work in the ERP and connected systems day to day, improving data quality and automating manual steps.
- Partner with GTM, Marketing, Engineering, HR, and Operations on vendor, contract, and expense questions.
- Take on ad hoc analysis and project work as the finance function builds out.
Requirements
- 4+ years of accounting experience, ideally a mix of public accounting or in-house at a technology or SaaS company.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP and the accrual close cycle.
- Hands-on experience owning AP and account reconciliations.
- Comfort in an ERP (NetSuite, Rillet, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, or similar).
- Able to work through large data exports in Excel or Sheets, including pivots, lookups, and tying subledger detail back to the GL.
- Comfortable using and implementing AI tools and solutions.
- Clear written communication and comfort working cross functionally.
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA License.
- Experience working with non-US entities, preferably in Germany or The Netherlands.
- Exposure to SaaS or usage-based billing and deferred revenue.
- Experience with multi-entity environments, intercompany activity, or consolidations.
- Familiarity with sales tax automation tools Anrok or an ERP implementation.
- Experience at a startup where processes were still being built.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity participation.
- Flexible, remote-first work environment with offices in New York, Amsterdam, and Munich.
- €60/month phone & internet allowance.
- Location-specific benefits.
Location
Remote-first, with offices in New York, Amsterdam, and Munich.