Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant is a key contributor responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of the company’s financial records in a high-growth SaaS environment. This role goes beyond transactional accounting and requires strong technical accounting skills, ownership of complex areas, and the ability to operate independently with minimal oversight.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter, problem solver, and continuous improver who can manage complexity, anticipate issues, and elevate the accounting function as the company scales.

This role will help build the technical accounting foundation of the organization by strengthening GAAP expertise, reducing key-person dependency, and improving the quality and scalability of financial reporting.

Responsibilities

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounting & Close Ownership

• Own key areas of the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close with full accountability for accuracy and timeliness.

• Prepare and review complex journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.

• Strengthen balance sheet governance by improving reconciliation quality, resolving aged reconciling items, and identifying financial reporting risks.

• Partner with the Assistant Controller to accelerate close timelines and improve close quality.

Technical Accounting & Judgment

• Lead technical accounting research and prepare accounting memoranda for complex or non-routine transactions.

• Apply GAAP with confidence across revenue, accruals, reserves, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and software capitalization.

• Support ASC 606 and other technical accounting areas by preparing schedules, analyses, and documentation.

• Identify accounting implications of non-standard transactions and provide recommendations to Accounting leadership.

Process Excellence & Controls

• Design, document, and improve accounting processes and internal controls.

• Identify inefficiencies, root causes, and control gaps; propose and implement solutions.

• Ensure compliance with internal policies, audit standards, and SOX-lite controls.

• Serve as a trusted partner during audits; deliver clean, well-supported schedules.

• Partner with Finance leadership on audit readiness, accounting remediation initiatives, and continuous improvement of internal controls.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with FP&A, Billing, AR, AP, Payroll, and cross-functional teams (Sales Ops, Product, Legal).

• Translate operational activity into accurate accounting outcomes.

• Provide guidance to junior accountants and serve as an informal mentor.

Systems & Data Integrity

• Maintain strong system discipline across ERP, billing, and subledgers.

• Partner in system implementations, enhancements, and automation initiatives.

• Use Excel and reporting tools to reconcile data and identify risks.

What “Super Star” Looks Like in This Role

• Owns problems end-to-end — does not wait to be told.

• Sees issues before they show up in the financials.

• Brings solutions, not just questions.

• Can be trusted with complex areas without constant review.

• Improves processes while executing day-to-day responsibilities.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience.

• Strong background in SaaS, technology, or subscription-based businesses.

• Experience in a public-company-ready or audit-heavy environment preferred.

• CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred.

Technical Skills

• Deep knowledge of GAAP.

• Working knowledge of ASC 606 (revenue recognition) and SaaS billing concepts.

• Strong understanding of accrual accounting and balance sheet management.

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, complex reconciliations).

Behavioral Competencies

• High ownership and accountability.

• Strong judgment and attention to detail.

• Ability to operate with speed and accuracy.

• Clear communicator with strong business acumen.

• Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast-changing environments.

Performance Expectations (First 90 Days)

Within the first 90 days, a successful Senior Accountant will:

• Independently own assigned close areas with minimal rework.

• Demonstrate strong understanding of key accounting policies and systems.

• Identify at least 2–3 process or control improvements.

• Be viewed as a reliable partner by Accounting leadership and cross-functional teams.

This Role Is NOT

• A purely transactional or data-entry role.

• A stepping-stone role without accountability.

• A role for someone who needs constant direction.

Why This Role Matters

This position is foundational to building a scalable, audit-ready accounting organization. It expands technical accounting capability, reduces concentration of critical accounting knowledge, strengthens internal controls, and creates additional leadership capacity as the business continues to grow.