Staff Accountant

Cyberhaven•San Jose, CA

39d

About The Position

Cyberhaven is seeking a highly motivated Staff Accountant to join our growing finance team and assist in day-to-day corporate accounting operations, supporting the month end close process, and helping to implement systems and processes that will support Cyberhaven as we continue to scale. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast and high-growth environment, and have the opportunity for ownership over financial processes. The ideal candidate thrives in a high-growth start-up, is detail-oriented, and has excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Additionally, the candidate has demonstrated the ability to build scalable cross-functional relationships through systems and process implementation.

Requirements

You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, and you are a CPA (or equivalent) in good standing.
You bring 3+ years of relevant accounting experience, ideally combining public accounting and industry exposure.
You have strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, with specific expertise in ASC 606 revenue recognition.
You are experienced with general ledger functions and actively contribute to month-end and year-end close processes.
You have supported financial audit preparation and understand audit requirements and documentation standards.
You are highly proficient in Excel and Google Suite products, using them effectively for analysis and reporting.
You are an excellent communicator with strong writing, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills, and you maintain a high level of attention to detail.
You are a proactive problem solver with strong project management capabilities and thrive in fast-paced environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with any of the following tools/systems: Ramp, Ordway, Salesforce, Anrok, QuickBooks, HiBob, Remote.com, JPMorgan Access
Experience supporting a financial statement audit, including PBCs, walkthroughs, testing, and documentation.
Prior experience in B2B SaaS, subscription billing, or revenue operations environments.

Responsibilities

Month-end close & operational accounting
Own key close activities including bank and balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and flux analysis.
Prepare and maintain workpapers, schedules, and supporting documentation that are accurate, audit-ready, and scalable.
Help continuously improve close timelines, controls, and documentation standards.
Order-to-Cash (O2C), Accounts Receivable & revenue support
Support and/or own core Accounts Receivable processes including billing, cash application, customer collections support, and reconciliations.
Understand the end-to-end O2C process and ensure accurate GAAP-compliant accounting.
Assist with revenue recognition under ASC 606, including booking and supporting related revenue entries, deferred revenue, and contract-related analysis.
Accounts Payable & expense vendor management
Support and/or own Accounts Payable, vendor management, and timely processing of invoices and payments.
Book and maintain accruals, prepaids, and related month-end entries; ensure expenses are recorded in the correct period.
Partner with internal stakeholders to improve purchasing, approvals, and vendor workflows.
Technical accounting & multi-entity support
Assist with intercompany accounting and consolidations across a global footprint.
Support accounting for new or evolving transactions, policies, and systems as the business scales.
Help document processes, controls, and accounting positions clearly and consistently.
Finance / FP&A support
Contribute to cross-functional finance projects such as budgets, forecasts, modeling, and ad hoc business analyses.
Partner with Finance and business leaders to track metrics and provide clarity on performance.
Audit readiness & audit support
Own portions of the PBC/audit request process—pulling support, organizing evidence, and responding to auditor testing requests.
Improve documentation, reconciliations, and workflows to reduce audit friction and strengthen controls.
Automation & process improvement
Leverage AI tools to automate workpapers, reconciliations, and repeatable accounting processes.
Identify inefficiencies and proactively implement new solutions that increase accuracy, speed, and scalability.
Build and improve templates, checklists, and standardized processes across accounting and finance.