Staff Accountant

AnswerRocket•Atlanta, GA

21d•Remote

About The Position

At AnswerRocket, we build transformative AI solutions that drive measurable results for Fortune 2000 enterprises. For over a decade, we've helped industry leaders across sectors—from consumer goods and retail to healthcare and financial services—harness AI to achieve tangible business outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience); 2–4 years of accounting experience.
Strong knowledge of GAAP and core accounting processes; demonstrated experience with journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
Comfortable with lookups, pivots, and reconciliation schedules.
Already using AI tools in your workflow, or actively leaning in. We are not the right fit for someone whose answer to every problem is “we’ve always done it in a spreadsheet.” Curiosity matters here.
Comfortable working day-to-day with a senior advisor, taking direction, asking good questions, and owning your tasks end-to-end.
Treats reconciliation discrepancies as puzzles, not chores.
Clear, direct written and verbal communication with employees, vendors, and leadership.
Smart, hard-working, high integrity. Collaborative. We have a no-jerks rule and we mean it.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on QuickBooks experience
Familiarity with Ramp, TriNet, or similar AP/PEO tools
Multi-entity accounting experience
Payroll, benefits, and retirement-plan accounting exposure
CPA or CPA-eligible
SaaS, high-growth, or public accounting background

Responsibilities

Create and submit invoices to customers, maintain deferred-revenue and revenue-recognition workpapers, and prepare monthly revenue entries for review.
Coordinate with team members to gather receipts, expense backup, and approvals required to code and close expense transactions accurately.
Process payroll, fund 401(k), post journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications; prepare close schedules, workpapers, and variance analysis.
Maintain recurring reconciliations across cash, prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities, payroll-related accounts, and other balance sheet accounts.
Support accounts payable, expense coding, and fixed-asset accounting across multiple entities.
Process payroll-related entries, reconcile carrier invoices, and partner with HR and our PEO partner.
Prepare documentation for tax returns and R&D tax credits, respond to inquiries, and coordinate with our external tax firm.
Apply an AI-first lens to recurring workflows. Identify opportunities to script, template, or automate steps and partner with leadership to implement them.