Senior Accountant

Summary

Join Newsela as our Senior Accountant and play a key role in our accounting organization. You will be a key contributor in month-end close, financial reporting, internal controls, and scaling accounting operations. As an integral part of the team, you will lead process improvements in month-end close, financial statement preparation, and management reporting. You will immediately impact the team by working on general accounting areas, software capitalization, and financial reporting processes. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact by driving process improvement and system implementation. You will enable quality reporting and accounting operations supporting business growth and ensure the sound operational scale of our business.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with an emphasis in Accounting
• 3+ years in public accounting, made it to senior in public accounting, or 3+ years in corporate accounting on a CPA track
• Accounting experience with strong technical accounting, audit, and internal controls skills, ideally with Big 4 and/or public company experience
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and internal controls, and have experience working with NetSuite
• CPA designation, or are actively working towards one
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, are very organized and detail oriented, and thrive on process improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with experience in collaborating with multiple teams

Responsibilities

• Month end close - ownership of specific areas may change month to month and include, but not limited to Capitalized Software, Accounts Payable, Prepaid Assets, and Accruals
• Ensure day-to-day transactions are recorded timely and accurately
• Support technical accounting policy decisions by researching and applying US GAAP
• Prepare excellent documentation on reconciliation workpapers and/or have the ability to document policies, procedures, and controls
• Provide support for financial statement audits, documentation of internal controls, and assisting with the management of tax compliance
• Serve as one of the points of contact with external auditors
• Provide annual audit support by preparing supporting documentation that is clear, accurate, and in compliance with US GAAP
• Ability to work in multiple accounting software systems including Netsuite, Ramp, Navan, and FloQast
• Ensure financial systems have complete and accurate information to support accurate financial reporting

Benefits

• Incentive stock options
• Benefits