Accountant

Description

Senior Accountant – NetSuite, GAAP & Financial Reporting

Position Type: Full-Time, Remote Working Hours: Flexible schedule aligned with U.S. business hours

About the Role

We're hiring a highly detail-oriented Senior Accountant to own key accounting operations, financial reporting, reconciliations, and month-end close activities for a growing U.S.-based business.

This is more than a transactional accounting role. You'll take ownership of financial accuracy, maintain clean and audit-ready books, improve accounting processes, and provide leadership with reliable financial reporting and insights.

You'll work closely with finance leadership, operations, and accounting team members across general ledger accounting, month-end close, financial statements, reconciliations, audit support, and process improvement .

If you have strong accounting fundamentals, hands-on ERP experience, and enjoy bringing structure and accuracy to financial operations, this role could be a great fit.

What You'll Own

General Ledger & Accounting Operations

• Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepaids, payroll allocations, depreciation, and intercompany transactions
• Maintain accurate general ledger accounts
• Reconcile:
• Cash and bank accounts
• Accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Credit cards
• Deferred revenue
• Inventory and other balance sheet accounts
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready accounting records

Month-End & Quarter-End Close

• Lead monthly and quarterly close activities
• Maintain close checklists, schedules, and supporting documentation
• Prepare accruals and adjusting journal entries
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations
• Coordinate with internal teams to collect required reporting inputs
• Help deliver an accurate and timely close within 5–7 business days

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare and review:
• Profit & Loss statements
• Balance Sheets
• Cash Flow Statements
• Perform budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis
• Investigate material variances and provide clear commentary
• Prepare financial schedules and reporting packages for leadership, audits, and executive reviews
• Help translate accounting data into useful financial insights

NetSuite, ERP & Accounting Systems

• Maintain accurate financial data within NetSuite or similar ERP/accounting systems
• Support improvements to accounting workflows and system controls
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual accounting processes
• Help improve reporting, reconciliations, and financial data integrity
• Support ERP optimization and automation initiatives

Audit, Compliance & Internal Controls

• Support external audits and prepare PBC schedules
• Maintain supporting documentation for financial transactions and reconciliations
• Assist with applicable tax and compliance reporting
• Maintain accounting SOPs and internal controls
• Ensure accounting practices align with GAAP and applicable company policies
• Keep financial records organized and audit-ready

Team & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Review work completed by staff accountants, bookkeepers, or junior accounting team members
• Provide guidance on reconciliations, journal entries, and accounting treatment
• Collaborate with FP&A, operations, sales, and leadership
• Help improve accounting processes, documentation, and reporting standards

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• You take ownership of financial accuracy
• You're highly organized and naturally detail-oriented
• You understand the reasoning behind accounting entries, not just how to process them
• You can identify discrepancies and investigate them independently
• You work effectively under month-end and reporting deadlines
• You communicate financial information clearly
• You proactively look for ways to improve accounting processes and controls

Required Experience & Skills

• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Strong knowledge of:
• U.S. GAAP
• General ledger accounting
• Accrual accounting
• Financial reporting
• Account reconciliations
• Month-end close
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, SAP, or similar accounting/ERP systems
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including:
• Pivot Tables
• VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
• INDEX/MATCH
• Conditional formatting
• Reconciliation and reporting workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal English communication
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment

Nice to Have

• CPA, ACCA, or equivalent accounting qualification
• Strong hands-on NetSuite experience
• Multi-entity accounting and consolidations
• Foreign currency or multi-currency accounting
• SaaS, real estate, professional services, or other growing-company experience
• ERP implementation or migration experience
• Accounting automation experience
• Experience developing or improving accounting SOPs and internal controls

What a Typical Day Looks Like

You may start by reviewing cash activity and completing account reconciliations, then prepare journal entries or investigate discrepancies within the general ledger.

During close periods, you'll work through the close checklist, post accruals and adjustments, review balance sheet accounts, analyze financial variances, and ensure reporting is completed accurately.

You'll also collaborate with operations and finance leadership, review junior accounting work, support audit requests, and identify opportunities to improve accounting workflows.

In short: you ensure the company's financial records are accurate, compliant, organized, and useful for decision-making.

Key Metrics for Success

• Month-end close completed within established deadlines
• Accurate and timely financial statements
• Clean and fully supported balance sheet reconciliations
• Minimal accounting and reporting errors
• Audit requests completed accurately and on time
• Strong internal controls and documentation
• Improved efficiency of accounting workflows
• Leadership confidence in financial reporting

Interview Process

1. Initial Application Review
2. Intro Video via Spark Hire
3. Practical Accounting Assessment – Reconciliation, Variance Analysis & Reporting
4. Client Interview
5. Offer & Onboarding

What Happens After You Apply

Right after you apply, you'll receive an email invitation from Spark Hire to record your Intro Video. It's a short, self-recorded video completed on your own time and is the final step needed to complete your application.

Instead of repeating your background across multiple screening calls, you get to introduce yourself once and show hiring teams how you communicate before the first interview. If there's a strong fit, your first live conversation can focus on the role rather than starting from scratch.

Don't overthink it. You can record your responses multiple times, and discarded takes are not shared.

Please keep an eye on both your inbox and spam folder for the Spark Hire invitation.

Apply Now

If you:

• Have strong GAAP and general ledger accounting experience
• Have worked with NetSuite or similar ERP systems
• Know how to manage reconciliations and month-end close
• Care deeply about financial accuracy
• Enjoy improving accounting processes
• Want meaningful ownership within a growing business

We'd love to hear from you.

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