Staff Accountant - Fullerton (On-site)

DreamHost, LLC • Fullerton, CA

1d • $28 - $33 • Onsite

About The Position

DreamHost, a web hosting and cloud services company, is looking to add a Staff Accountant who will be an integral member of the team, taking ownership of core month-end close, accounting and reporting processes. This role will be full-time and on-site in our Fullerton, CA office. The role will involve frequent interaction with senior management, so professionalism and communication skills are critical. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, self-motivated and quick to learn new processes. The company values its energetic and engaged employees, so fitting into and adding to the company’s culture are important criteria. We will train you on our close process, and you will have the opportunity to grow into accruals and more complex accounts over time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (or with an emphasis in accounting)
• 1 to 3 years of accounting experience, including internships
• Excellent Excel skills
• High level of accuracy, with a habit of checking your own work before it goes to a reviewer
• Clear written and verbal communication, including explaining reconciling items and variances to reviewers and to people outside Finance
• Strong work ethic, with demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and pride in ownership of work produced
• Strong ethical foundation that guides decision-making, treatment of others, and personal responsibility
• Applicant must be able to work daily from the Fullerton, CA office
• Will need to pass a background and reference check

Nice To Haves

• Experience with NetSuite. Will also consider candidates with demonstrated ability in other comparable accounting software
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) to speed up reconciliations, research or reporting. Interest in building and maintaining reusable AI workflows with the team, and checking their output, is expected
• CPA license or CPA candidate

Responsibilities

• Month End Close: Prepare monthly close journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, taking on additional accounts such as accruals as the role grows
• Cash: Record daily cash activity and perform bank reconciliations across multiple entities and currencies
• Check Deposits: Deposit checks we receive by mail and record them in our system
• Prepaids and Leases: Maintain prepaid schedules and amortization and reconcile lease accounting (ROU assets and lease liabilities)
• Accounts Payable: Process vendor invoices, using a solid understanding of the chart of accounts and AP invoice classifications to code them to the correct GL account and department
• Corporate Cards: Prepare the monthly corporate card reconciliation, including receipt and approval follow-up
• Accounts Receivable: Prepare recurring monthly and quarterly customer invoices and reconcile the related receivables
• Variance Analysis and Self-Review: Use basic financial and variance analysis to review your own work each month: investigate unusual balances in your reconciliations, and in the monthly expense review, explain variances and catch coding errors and missing accruals
• Audit and Tax Support: Prepare support for audit requests and help with tax and regulatory research
• AI Workflows: Build, improve, and maintain AI workflows the team relies on during close, finding new automation opportunities and making sure every output is accurate, documented, and audit-ready

Benefits

• Full health/vision/dental for the entire family at zero cost to team member
• 3% Safe Harbor contributed to 401(k) plus up to 1% employer match
• Opportunities for profit sharing and bonuses
• Generous time-off (starting at 15 vacation days)
• 11 Paid holidays (Technical Support and Technical Operations use a floating holiday policy)
• Paid sick leave (80 hours accrued)
• Tuition reimbursement (50/50 up to a specific amount)
• Pet Insurance
• Thrive Pass wellness allowance of $30 per month
• Udemy online learning courses
• Disability Insurance
• Generous maternity/paternity leave
• Discounted personal travel through corporate booking program Egencia
• Laid-back atmosphere
• Fun monthly company events
• Complimentary daily lunch
• Free web hosting
• Company-issued laptop

What This Job Offers

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