Role Overview:
- We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Accountant with robust US GAAP and controllership experience to anchor our accounting function during a pivotal period of growth and transformation.
- Our current team handles day-to-day transactional processing and routine bookkeeping efficiently.
- As we advance through an active audit, a major software migration, and broader process improvement initiatives, we require a senior-level technical expert.
- Your primary focus will not be high-volume transactional work, but rather providing the deep accounting judgment, rigorous review capabilities, and control structures needed to ensure absolute technical accuracy and audit readiness.
- You will partner directly with leadership to bridge the gap between day-to-day operations and high-level strategic financial oversight.
Technical GAAP & Specialized Accounting:
- Lease Accounting (ASC 842): Take full ownership of the review and ongoing management of Right-of-Use (ROU) assets and lease liabilities.
- Assess new contracts and modifications, ensuring all documentation is robust and audit-ready.
- Fixed Assets & Capitalization: Oversee PPE accounting, refine and enforce capitalization policies, manage asset disposals, evaluate impairment considerations, and ensure the fixed asset register is flawlessly maintained.
- Technical GAAP Review: Act as the critical second line of defense.
- Review complex transactions, contract assessments, and financing arrangements, making definitive accounting treatment decisions before they become audit findings.
Controllership, Month-End, & Oversight:
- Month-End Close & Accruals: Partner with leadership to strengthen accrual methodologies, strictly enforce cut-off procedures, and significantly reduce the manual adjustments identified during close.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Controls: Establish and enforce elevated reconciliation standards, design stronger review controls, and foster clear ownership across all key accounts.
- Audit Management & Documentation: Prepare detailed audit schedules, reports, and technical documentation for review by management and external auditors, ensuring full compliance with US GAAP standards.
Process Improvement & System Transformation:
- System Migration & Workflow Design: Active partner in our upcoming software migration.
- Document current processes, identify internal control gaps, redesign workflows, and ensure complex accounting requirements are accurately mapped into the new system.
- Fraud Prevention & Risk Mitigation: Continually assess financial risk, investigate discrepancies, and implement improvements to internal control systems to prevent errors and fraud.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and required experience with QuickBooks Online.
- Experience with NetSuite is preferred, along with familiarity navigating complex accounting systems and software migrations.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
- Certification: CPA or CIA designation is highly preferred.
- Experience: Proven experience as a Senior Accountant, Financial Auditor, or Assistant Controller with deep, hands-on expertise in US GAAP, specifically including ASC 842 and complex capitalization policies.
- Analytical Depth: Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to interpret complex financial data and apply high-level accounting judgment.
- Execution: Strong organizational skills with a meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently, manage shifting timelines, and thrive in a fully remote environment.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of educating staff on policies and presenting clear findings to external auditors and leadership.
