Senior Staff Accountant
Updated on 8/31/2023
App to compare and buy car insurance
Company Overview
Jerry's mission is to save you time and money on car expenses.
Locations
San Francisco, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
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Desired Skills
NetSuite
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
CategoriesNew
Accounting
Requirements
- Start-up energy - come join one of LinkedIn's Top 50 Tech Start-ups
- Learning and solving interesting problems in a huge market ($2T market size)
- Working closely with serial entrepreneurs and strong leaders who have scaled companies like Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Robinhood, Sofi, Microsoft, etc
- Meritocracy - we promote based on performance, not tenure
- Intellectually curious: You dive deep to understand how systems work, uncover root causes for issues or underlying reasons behind decisions
- Problem solver: You can troubleshoot independently and make well thought out recommendations and decisions on accounting issues of varying complexity
- Owner: No challenge is too complex, no issue is too hard, and “no” is not an acceptable answer
- Meticulous: You have impeccable attention to detail
- Strong communicator: You can communicate effectively on accounting-related topics to different audiences across the company
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related
- 8+ years of relevant accounting experience at a tech startup and/or Big 4 Accounting firm
- Solid understanding of accounting concepts, familiarity with accounting system(s) and general operational processes
- Ability to manage large data sets in excel and perform complex analysis with a clean and structured presentational format
- Knowledge of technical accounting topics including ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 350-40
- Experience with Netsuite or similar
- Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant designation
Responsibilities
- Manage sections of our month-end close activities, including revenue recognition, expense accruals, bank reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and preparation of balance sheet account reconciliations
- Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
- Manage bills within AP system, code and categorize expenses/invoices
- Manage bank payments following the relevant approval matrix
- Assist with payroll calculation and payments for certain entities
- Assist in tax filing preparations and payments
- Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting package
- Collaborate with internal departments to establish procurement processes and to streamline and improve vendor onboarding and ongoing vendor maintenance
- Drive ongoing process improvements and new process implementations for financial operations
- Assist in the annual audit process by providing requested information, supporting VP of Finance, interfacing with and external auditors
- Coach, mentor and advise the junior contractors assigned to the Accounting Team as well as assign and evaluate work and assist in performance reviews