Accounting Analyst

Accounting Analyst

We are looking for an ambitious Accounting Analyst to support our growing Finance team at Cape. In this role, you will be a critical anchor for our month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, while fully owning our day-to-day accounts payable and procurement workflows. Operating within a fast-paced, privacy-focused telecom environment, you will bridge the gap between high-volume transaction execution and strategic process improvement. This is a phenomenal opportunity for an early-career accounting professional to scale alongside a high-growth company backed by top-tier investors. This role reports to our Associate Controller.

Here are some ways you'll make an impact:

• Support periodic close processes, ensuring precise reporting.
• Entirely own accounts payable and procurement operations, ranging from vendor management and invoice processing to final payment execution.
• Assist seamlessly with financial statement audits and proactively maintain deep financial systems knowledge.
• Continuously identify, design, and implement smart process improvements to increase the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of accounting operations.
• Actively support the documentation, design, and daily adherence to internal controls, keeping Cape in a continuously SOX-ready reporting posture.
• Partner effectively across the aisle with Finance/Data, Telco, and Product teams, as well as external vendors to resolve workflow bottlenecks.
• Master the hygiene and optimization of complex financial datasets. Design automated validation frameworks to scrub unstructured sub-ledgers and rectify missing inputs, establishing a high-fidelity, definitive source of truth.

Are you the candidate we are looking for? (Requirements for the role) You have:

• 2–4 years of relevant accounting experience within a Big 4 accounting firm, consulting, or a fast-paced tech/SaaS environment.
• Strong core systems knowledge, with a strong preference for hands-on experience using Ramp.
• A demonstrated ability to thrive inside high-growth, dynamic environments while cleanly managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• A clear track record of looking at status-quo processes, identifying inefficiencies, and independently driving optimization.
• Meticulous organizational skills with a history of successfully owning large projects end-to-end alongside recurring daily workflows.

Competencies:

• Technical mastery of foundational accounting principles (GL, accruals, close optimization) and financial software ecosystem structures (specifically QBO, Ramp).
• Exceptional precision in data entry, documentation, and reconciliation. Ability to catch small discrepancies before they hit financial statements.
• Anticipates workflow friction; actively builds and refines simplified, scalable solutions for transaction processing rather than just managing manual work.
• Practical understanding of internal controls, risk mitigation, and documentation structures required to maintain a SOX-ready reporting environment.
• Clear, effective verbal and written communication styles. Easily translates financial requirements or bottlenecks to non-finance stakeholders (Telco, Product) and external vendors.
• Comfortably handles shifting priorities in a high-growth environment. Successfully balances long-term optimization projects with strict, recurring close deadlines without getting overwhelmed.

Compensation:

We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in New York, NY is $100,000-$110,000 depending on experience and interview performance. Our benefits include:

• 401(k) match
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period)
• Stipends for
• Family-forming needs
• Gender-affirming care

Our Culture & Values:

• We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning.
• We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology.
• We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.