Staff Accountant

Summary

Join data.world as a Staff Accountant and play a vital role in supporting our company's rapid growth. This position requires a strong understanding of financial accounting concepts and involves handling day-to-day bookkeeping, managing accounting functions, preparing financial statements, and collaborating with other departments. You will be responsible for maintaining accounting records, analyzing budgets, and creating reports. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of accounting experience, a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, and proficiency in relevant software. This role offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible, remote-first work environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or related consulting fields
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Strong attention to detail, organizational and communication skills
• Strong ability to maintain confidentiality
• Thorough understanding and application of GAAP financial statements and reporting
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience interfacing effectively with cross functional roles internally and externally from the company
• Good communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain concepts in a clear, concise, and compelling way up to the board level

Responsibilities

• Handle day-to-day bookkeeping to month end close and financial statement preparation
• Manage all essential accounting functions such as the Order to Cash and Procure to Pay processes
• Maintain and update accounting records and files, analyze budgets and create reports
• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, during month-end close
• Maintain documentation (narratives, flow charts) surrounding our current business processes and controls
• Examine tax policies and handle tax payments and returns, as we go through the annual financial statement audit and relevant tax filings
• Post transactions, categorize records and reconcile bank statements
• Collaborate with Legal & HR on areas requiring coordination around employment taxes, state taxes, and areas where we have state nexus
• Ad-hoc financial analysis and reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Public account experience
• Experience with Airbase & QuickBooks
• Comfort working on Mac with both G Suite and Microsoft Suite, with particularly strong skills in Excel worksheets
• International experience
• Experience with SaaS businesses
• Exposure to ASC 606
• An appetite to try new things -- you’re curious and excited to improve your process, and always looking to learn

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with bonus program
• Up to fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for you and your entire family
• Company-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and legal coverage
• Flexible PTO & Dedicated Parental Leave Program
• Remote-first, flexible, casual environment
• Annual Wellness Reimbursement & New Employee Office Stipend
• Generous Stock Option Plan with Refresh Program
• Company and Team events for connection and fun
• An awesome group of smart coworkers, including a tight-knit team of startup veterans with integrity, passion, and a good sense of humor
• Your own Sparkletar owl character!