Staff Accountant - Client Funds

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Posted May 14, 2026

Remote · US · Canada Full Time

$74K – $119.9K/yr

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Overview

This role involves managing daily client funds cash reconciliations within a high-volume, payments-driven environment. The position focuses on evolving reconciliation and accounting processes for client funds as part of a broader initiative to strengthen internal ledgers and prepare for future scaling. It combines hands-on execution with opportunities to help build future reconciliation processes, including exploring AI-assisted approaches.

Responsibilities

Own daily cash reconciliations of client funds across internal ledgers and payment systems
Investigate and resolve reconciliation differences in a high-volume transaction environment
Identify, document, and manually record missing or incomplete money movements through journal entries
Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end money movement across systems
Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Data, Client Operations, and Corporate Accounting teams
Improve visibility and confidence in client fund balances and related assets and liabilities to support accurate financial reporting
Help define and mature reconciliation processes
Document and map end-to-end money movement workflows, building institutional knowledge of fund timing, dependencies, and edge cases
Contribute to automation and AI-assisted reconciliation initiatives by translating reconciliation challenges into scalable solutions

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Requirements

Proven experience owning daily cash or funds reconciliations, including investigation and resolution of differences
Ability to prepare and record manual journal entries related to cash, assets, and liabilities
Experience working in payments, money movement, or transaction-heavy environments with high-volume data
Strong understanding of money movement logic and fund flows across systems
Proficiency working with large, complex datasets in dynamic, systems-driven environments requiring accuracy and attention to detail
Working knowledge of Excel sufficient for analyzing large datasets and performing reconciliations
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate discrepancies and connect data sources
Critical thinking skills to independently diagnose issues and determine root causes
High tolerance for ambiguity and a problem-solving mindset
Curiosity about process improvement, automation, and AI-assisted workflows