Accounting Enablement Specialist

Summary

Join Clarity as an Accounting Implementation Enablement Specialist and contribute to the success of our billing and accounting products. This pivotal role involves guiding new customers through implementation, creating accounting trainings, and translating customer needs into actionable insights. You will provide hands-on accounting support to schools, creating initial journal entries and designing their creation processes. Leverage your K-12 school accounting experience to ensure successful product adoption and drive innovation. Collaborate with various teams to deliver specialized accounting support and shape product development. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and a competitive compensation package.

Requirements

• Accounting expertise is essential, with a deep understanding of accounting principles and practices
• CPA certification is highly desired
• Significant experience in an accounting role, with experience in accounting at K-12 private schools being highly desired
• High level of proficiency in excel, particularly in creating macros that automate journal entry processes
• Excellent technical acumen and ability to communicate technical accounting details to any audience
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage many customer engagements simultaneously and keep them on track
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create clear and effective training materials and documentation
• A proactive and customer-centric mindset with a passion for helping customers succeed
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Clarity’s Sales and Customer Success teams to deliver specialized accounting support and serve as the primary resource for setup and integration questions throughout customer implementation
• Lead billing and accounting product implementation for new customers, coach them through their initial journal entries, and provide guidance on reconciliation processes
• Learn the accounting practices of each new school and create their first Clarity journal entries
• Use learnings from manual journal entry creation to design an automated journal entry process for each new school using tools like excel macros
• Support the setup and adoption of future direct accounting integrations, including QuickBooks and Sage Intacct, by helping customers configure them within Clarity
• Own, develop and maintain an internal accounting knowledge base and external training materials for customs, including how-to guides, documentation, and videos
• Work closely with the Product Team and Engineering Team to inform product decisions and identify accounting needs based on your direct customer interactions and accounting expertise
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Support teams to ensure a cohesive and positive customer experience

Benefits

• You will be paid competitively, receive stock options and have a variety of other benefits, including 100% company-sponsored health, medical and dental insurance
• Clarity is a fully remote work environment, but also provides both team specific and all company sponsored on-sites every year