Senior Accountant

About the role

We’re seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Senior Accountant to join our team in a unique hybrid role that spans both finance operations and technical accounting.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Accounts Payable process, including invoice intake, coding, approval routing, and timely payment execution.
• Manage vendor onboarding, W-9 collection, and vendor master data maintenance; support annual 1099 reporting.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendor inquiries, resolving discrepancies with speed, accuracy, and care.
• Reconcile vendor statements and monitor AP aging; investigate and resolve outstanding items.
• Manage corporate card and employee expense workflows, ensuring policy compliance and proper coding.
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation opportunities across the AP function.
• Execute assigned month-end close tasks, including journal entries for accrued liabilities, prepaid expenses, and expense accruals tied to AP cutoff.
• Prepare bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving reconciling items.
• Ensure complete and accurate AP cutoff at period end, including accrual of unrecorded liabilities.
• Aid in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Support the year-end audit process by preparing schedules, reconciliations, and documentation as needed.
• Maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with accounting standards and internal policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or progress toward CPA a plus).
• 3–6 years of relevant experience, with a strong operational Accounts Payable background.
• Hands-on exposure to bank reconciliations and month-end close tasks, with a desire to grow into deeper technical accounting work.
• Solid understanding of the full procure-to-pay cycle and accrual-basis accounting fundamentals.
• Excellent organizational abilities and high attention to detail.
• Educate and communicate financial information clearly, and build rapport easily with vendors, teammates, and stakeholders across the business.
• Maintain composure and focus when managing payment runs, close deadlines, and unexpected challenges, even when the heat is on.
• Financial Curiosity & Growth Orientation—You’re eager to expand beyond AP into the close process, learning complex accounting structures and building toward full-cycle ownership.
• Exceptional Communication & Clarity—You articulate financial information clearly, and build rapport easily with vendors, teammates, and stakeholders across the business.
• Grace Under Pressure—You maintain composure and focus when managing payment runs, close deadlines, and unexpected challenges, even when the heat is on.
• Beyond the Ledger Mentality—You’re excited to get out from behind the numbers, contributing insights to process and business decisions and acting as a key partner to various departments.
• Multi-tasking and Follow-Through—You manage competing AP and close priorities simultaneously, seeing every payment, reconciliation, and journal entry through to a complete, accurate outcome.
• A Positive, Coachable Mindset—You welcome feedback, are naturally curious about process improvement, and are committed to continuous professional growth.