Remote Senior Accountant

Summary

Join Scope3, the industry's leading collaborative sustainability platform, as a Senior Accountant to play a pivotal role in maintaining accurate financial statements and ensuring compliance with accounting principles.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting; active CPA license
• 4-6+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Extensive knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and US tax regulations
• Strong technical accounting skills with experience in month-end close, reconciliations and audit preparation
• Strong analytical skills and high level of comfort working with large data sets
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully work on multiple concurrent projects and manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively across all levels of the organization
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal & written communication skills
• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with accounting software and programs

Responsibilities

• Oversee and ensure the integrity of transactions throughout the accounting cycle
• Plan and perform monthly and quarterly close activities, including preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analyses and analytical reviews
• Research and review transactions and provide necessary analyses
• Assist with financial statements and tax audits; lead and assist in preparing audit schedules, providing data to auditors, coordinating with auditors and responding to their queries
• Work closely with FP&A to enhance reliability and accuracy of forecasts and reports
• Assist with developing, documenting, implementing, and maintaining streamlined process improvements, accounting policies, controls, and procedures as needed
• Ad hoc accounting requests and projects as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the advertising technology or internet industries
• Experience contributing to technical accounting memos including revenue recognition
• Experience with Wayfair ruling tax matters
• Experience working remotely in globally distributed startup environments