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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.
• CPA license, CPA candidacy, or active progress toward CPA certification is required.
• Typically, five years of related accounting, accounts receivable accounting, audit, or public accounting experience with a bachelor’s degree; three years with a master’s degree; or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, financial statements, and accounting close processes, with the ability to apply concepts to varied and non-routine situations.
• Ability to independently prioritize competing work, meet close deadlines, and maintain accuracy across multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex accounting issues, advise partners, and adapt communication to different audiences.
• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, data analysis, and reconciliation tools.
• Experience using ERP and financial reporting systems.

Nice To Haves

• Public accounting experience, preferably with a Big Four firm, or a mix of public accounting and industry experience.
• Experience with SEC reporting, SOX controls, or public companies.
• Experience with ASC 606 revenue recognition principles, contract balances, billing and collection, inventory, and project margins.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and post journal entries, including non-routine entries, and manage assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities by established deadlines.
• Own balance-sheet reconciliations; investigate variances and root causes, resolve issues, and escalate matters requiring broader judgment or policy interpretation.
• Analyze account fluctuations, identify trends and unusual activity, and present variance explanations and recommendations to management.
• Maintain schedules for accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and other assigned areas.
• Support financial reporting packages, including roll-forwards, tie-outs, and disclosures.
• Apply US GAAP and company policies to complex accounting activities; research technical questions, document conclusions, and recommend accounting treatment in consultation with leadership or technical accounting partners.
• Lead or contribute to accounting workstreams for acquisitions, systems initiatives, and other business projects, coordinating deliverables across stakeholders.
• Prepare schedules, analyses, and supporting documentation for management, auditors, and cross-functional partners.
• Maintain assigned project records using contracts, purchase orders, pricing, billing schedules, and shipping terms.
• Prepare and review customer invoices, validate quantities, pricing, milestones, delivery evidence, taxes, tariffs, credits, and contract adjustments, and resolve exceptions with relevant partners.
• Apply ASC 606 point-in-time and over-time revenue recognition principles, assess transfer-of-control evidence, and document conclusions using contract, shipping, delivery, and acceptance terms.
• Perform revenue cutoff procedures and reconcile revenue, receivables, contract balances, inventory, and cost of sales.
• Resolve invoice disputes, credits and rebills, collection follow-up, project reconciliations, and financial closeout matters by coordinating with stakeholders.
• Execute assigned controls and retain required evidence.
• Coordinate audit requests and maintain organized supporting documentation.
• Identify process gaps, design and implement practical improvements, and measure results related to accuracy, efficiency, controls, and scalability.
• Support the development and maintenance of accounting policies, standard operating procedures, and process documentation.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, and other senior stakeholders to resolve complex accounting issues, improve data quality, and influence effective solutions.
• Lead or support system implementations, automation, reporting enhancements, and special projects that improve accounting processes and business visibility.
• Support the transition from NetSuite to Oracle Fusion through data validation, testing, reconciliations, mapping, and user acceptance testing.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and scale accounting processes.
• Use Smartsheet, Power BI, AI tools, and other productivity and analytical tools to investigate data, improve reporting, and monitor exceptions.
• Promote exception-based management, reliable data, and reduced reliance on manual processes.

Benefits

• Health care coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) participation with company matching
• Company-paid holidays
• Unlimited paid time off
• Discretionary company bonuses
• Life and disability protection
• Equity may be available as part of total compensation; employees in certain positions may be eligible for stock compensation.