Staff Accountant

Overview

The Staff Accountant supports the accounting team in maintaining accurate and timely financial records. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, this role prepares journal entries, assists with accounts payable processing, performs account reconciliations, and contributes to ad hoc accounting projects. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and eager to grow within a collaborative finance function.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close by preparing journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, including bank accounts and other assigned general ledger accounts.
• Manage prepaid expense schedules, monthly amortization entries, and related account reconciliations.
• Support fixed asset accounting by maintaining asset records, reviewing additions and disposals, and recording depreciation entries.
• Assist with AR activities, including cash application, collections follow-up, and billing issue resolution.
• Support audit requests by preparing schedules, gathering documentation, and responding to follow-up questions.
• Assist with AP processing, including invoice coding, approvals, entry, and payment support.
• Review employee expense reports for coding, receipts, policy compliance, and business purpose.
• Support ad hoc accounting projects, analyses, and process improvements.
• Work cross-functionally to research and resolve accounting questions.
• Help ensure compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and GAAP.
• Maintain organized documentation and workpapers to support close, audit, and compliance needs.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of fundamental accounting principles and the general ledger.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative, proactive, continuous-improvement mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ERP/accounting systems such as NetSuite.
• Experience with AP platforms such as Coupa.
• Experience with expense management tools such as Expensify.
• CPA eligibility, CPA track, or interest in pursuing CPA certification.
• Public accounting, audit, Big 4, midsize firm, or corporate accounting experience is preferred but not required.
• Exposure to a multi-entity or global organization, including intercompany transactions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• Office locations in several cities across the globe. Where the job description specifies a required location, candidates will follow a hybrid work model, including working up to three days per week and remotely the remaining days.

Equal Opportunity

• The employer is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, citizenship, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
• Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or other applicable state or local laws.
• Reasonable accommodations are changes in the way things are normally done to ensure equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship.