Senior Accountant

ID.me • McLean, VA

2d • $90,000 - $115,583 • Onsite

About The Position

ID.me is looking for a Senior Accountant to own the accounting for our largest expense category: our people. This role owns payroll, bonus, commission, benefits, insurance, and severance accounting — from journal entries and accruals through reconciliation, variance analysis, and audit support. This role also assists in the review of day-to-day accounts payable, T&E, and corporate card activity.
This is a hands-on role with real ownership: you'll be the person Finance, HR/People, and FP&A come to when they need to understand what people cost and why the number moved. It's ideal for someone who enjoys diving into transactional detail, tightening processes, and jumping into ad-hoc analytics when the business needs answers fast.
ID.me is America's leading identity verification solution, with over 111 million members and growing. We're building a top-notch Finance team to support that growth — if you're detail-driven, analytical, and looking for a fast-paced, pre-IPO company with real upward mobility, this could be a great fit.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant accounting experience, with a preference for public accounting background
• Hands-on ownership of payroll and compensation accounting, including journal entries, tax reconciliations, bonus/PTO accruals, and benefits accounting
• Working knowledge of US GAAP relevant to employee costs: compensated absences (ASC 710), termination benefits (ASC 420/712), and incremental costs to obtain a contract (ASC 340-40)
• Experience with multi-state payroll and coordination with payroll/tax service providers
• Comfort working across payroll and HRIS platforms (ADP, UKG, Workday, or similar), reconciled to an ERP
• Comfort with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred) and modern accounting tools
• Experience in high-volume transactional environments (SaaS/tech a plus)
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and end-to-end ownership
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills, with a willingness to automate and streamline
• Demonstrated interest in applying AI and automation to accounting workflows
• Ability to handle sensitive compensation and employee data with complete discretion
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred; CPA or progress toward CPA a plus, not required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with self-insured benefit plans, IBNR claim accruals, and stop-loss arrangements a plus

Responsibilities

• Partner with Payroll to record each payroll cycle, tying the payroll register to the general ledger and reconciling wages, employer taxes, and withholdings; own payroll tax accruals and liability reconciliations, coordinating with Payroll and Tax on multi-state filings and variances
• Prepare and maintain accruals for annual and performance bonuses, spot bonuses, referral and sign-on bonuses, and compensated absences (PTO), including true-ups and reversals as awards are paid, forfeited, or re-forecast
• Own the commission accounting cycle: accruals, capitalization and amortization of incremental contract costs under ASC 340-40, clawbacks and reversals, and reconciliation to commission plan calculations
• Account for severance and other termination benefits, including recognition criteria and accrual timing, and track payouts through final settlement
• Own benefits and insurance accounting, including self-insured medical claims and IBNR accruals, stop-loss premiums and recoveries, 401(k) employer match accrual and funding reconciliation, HSA/FSA, COBRA, and workers' compensation
• Reconcile headcount and compensation data across the HRIS, payroll platform, and general ledger, resolving differences at the source
• Partner with HR/People and FP&A on compensation and headcount variance analysis, including labor cost by department, labor allocation across functions, and capitalization of internal-use software labor
• Review vendor onboarding and daily accounts payable transactions — vendor invoices, T&E, and corporate card activity — as a back-up
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and investigate variances quickly and accurately
• Support month-end close: journal entries, accruals, and variance analysis
• Conduct ad-hoc financial and operational analytics to support business decisions and process improvements
• Leverage AI tools and agentic/LLM-based solutions to automate recurring people-cost workflows and improve decision quality
• Support payroll and HRIS implementations and integrations to the ERP, including data validation, parallel testing, and cutover
• Assist with process optimization, documentation, and SOX-ready internal control enhancements over payroll and compensation as the company scales
• Act as liaison with external auditors for all people-related costs and employee expenses

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental, vision
• health savings account
• flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts)
• basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• parental leave
• ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays
• short and long-term disability insurance
• accident and critical illness insurance
• referral bonus policy
• employee assistance program
• pet insurance
• travel assistant program
• wellbeing and childcare discounts
• benefit advocates
• learning and development benefit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior