Staff Accountant

Planet Fitness • Hampton, NH

20d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Staff Accountant is a key member of Planet Fitness’s accounting team and is responsible for daily and monthly accounting functions necessary to support month-end, quarterly, and year-end close. This position works within the accounting department, focusing on but not limited to any of the following areas: cash, fixed assets, prepaids, accruals, account reconciliations, and journal entry preparation. The Staff Accountant assists with transactional accounting and administrator functions, ensuring timely completion of general ledger reconciliations. The role also supports expense reporting, provides assistance with accounting system administration, and contributes to ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed.
This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires regular, in-person work at our Hampton, NH office. Our hybrid model is M/T/W in office and TH/F are optional work-from-home. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of our office. Fully remote work is not available for this role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, preferred
• 1-3 years’ experience or exposure to accounting
• Skilled in MS Office Suite
• Proficient in Excel and using advanced formulas, including X/V-Lookups and Pivot Tables
• A team player that can work independently, and has the flexibility and willingness to take on other tasks as assigned
• Extremely detail-oriented, efficient, and organized with an exceptional ability to establish priorities and objectives
• Excellent presentation and communication skills along with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Able to establish and maintain effective, collaborative work relationships with diverse individuals, internally and externally
• Dedicated learner with a natural curiosity for consistent growth
• Exhibits comfort, ease, and flexibility working in an extremely fast-paced ever-changing, deadline-driven environment
• Cooperative team player with an upbeat, positive, “can-do” attitude!

Responsibilities

• Assists with the month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting close process and ensures proper application of US GAAP.
• Completes balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring proper support is attached and SOX standards are maintained.
• Prepares journal entries for entry into the general ledger system monthly by collecting necessary data, analyzing, and preparing audit trail support for the journal entries.
• Performs accounting data entry tasks and completes other accounting clerical tasks to provide support to the finance team.
• Assists with ad hoc analysis and special assignments in a timely manner, as necessary.

Benefits

• Planet Fitness cares about you and your well-being. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees which includes the core medical, dental, vision, life and disability as well as supplemental accident, hospital and critical illness coverage options.
• In addition, we are proud to offer eligible employees a generous time off program (including volunteer time), childcare reimbursement, paid parental leave, pet care reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, free Black Card membership, learning and development programs and a whole host of engagement activities.
• We offer a 401(k) Plan with safe harbor employer matching and an employee stock purchase plan.
• This role is also eligible to participate in an annual corporate bonus incentive program based on company financial and personal performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees