Accountant

About the role

The Accountant will be a key member of AnySignal’s Finance team and the day-to-day owner of our accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. This role combines high-volume transactional processing across invoices, payments, collections, and credit card activity with growing ownership of general ledger, reconciliation, and month-end close responsibilities. This is a development role on the accounting track.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day accounts payable activity, including invoice entry, payment preparation, data validation, and documentation.
• Process and match invoices to purchase orders, resolving discrepancies as needed.
• Manage payment schedules, including ACH, wire, and check payments.
• Monitor AP aging and ensure accuracy of vendor payment terms.
• Respond to vendor and internal stakeholder questions in a timely and professional manner.
• Verify accuracy of data entry and general ledger coding to ensure transactions are recorded to the correct accounts and departments.
• Prepare, review, and distribute customer invoices.
• Manage collections activity and follow up on outstanding balances.
• Process and reconcile customer payments and resolve payment discrepancies.
• Perform weekly AR reconciliations and support cleanup of historical transactions.
• Review and maintain customer deposit accounts.
• Prepare and distribute weekly aging analysis to internal stakeholders.
• Own assigned month-end close activities across AR and AP, including account reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and post journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Absorb and maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Reconcile bank, credit card, and balance sheet accounts, investigating and clearing reconciling items.
• Support the preparation of financial statements and variance analysis.
• Provide commentary on key drivers behind period-over-period changes.
• Assist with audit preparation, schedules, and requests from internal and external auditors.
• Maintain accurate financial records and support compliance with company policies and GAAP.
• Identify opportunities to streamline AR/AP, close, and reconciliation processes.
• Improve data quality, documentation, and internal controls as transaction volume grows.
• Help document accounting procedures and contribute to a scalable finance and accounting infrastructure.
• Support ad hoc analyses, reporting, and special projects as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of accounting experience, ideally including accounts payable and/or accounts receivable.
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and GAAP.
• Experience supporting month-end close is a plus.
• Proficiency with accounting or ERP systems.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven work accurately and consistently.
• Clear, professional communication with vendors, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Curiosity about why the numbers move, not just how to process transactions.
• Ambition to grow on the accounting track toward broader ownership and leadership responsibilities.
• CPA candidacy or intent to pursue CPA certification is a plus.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.