merge - Senior Accountant

• What will you be doing? • Financial Reporting: • Perform month-end and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analysis • Build or enhance balance sheet account reconciliations including reviewing and performing some clean-up of historical reconciliations and related balances • Assist in the preparation of various financial statements, such as balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement • Identify and drive process improvements to gain efficiencies and reduce close timelines • Oversee accounts payable functions, including managing our offshore team’s work, coordinate vendor onboarding, reviewing vendor invoices, managing vendor payments, and ensuring timely issuance of 1099 forms • Manage the Billing and Accounts Receivable processes, managing tasks including invoice processing and collections • Utilize financial software systems (e.g. Campfire, Ordway, Stripe, Ramp) and tools proficiently to manage financial data and reporting tasks efficiently • Drive automation and continuous improvement initiatives to streamline accounting workflows, reduce manual effort, and improve scalability • Leverage technology, data analytics, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance reporting accuracy, operational efficiency, and financial insights • Audit Preparation: • Assist in annual financial statement audit, preparing audit schedules & other audit requests, and interacting directly with external audit staff • Stay current on pertinent accounting standards, regulations, and best practices to ensure compliance and drive ongoing improvement initiatives • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA or equivalent preferred • 1+ years of relevant accounting experience; Combination of public accounting (Big 4 strongly preferred) and industry experience (start-up through to becoming a public Company experience a plus) • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP • Experience with general ledger functions and the month end/year end close process is strongly preferred • Experience with financial audit preparation is strongly preferred • Proven proficiency of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc); must be highly proficient in Excel and Google suite products • Excellent writing, oral communication, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills with a high attention to detail • Excellent problem solving skills; project management experience a plus, ability to work in a fast pace environment • Added bonus to have: direct accounting experience for any/all of the following areas: accruals, ASC 718 share-based payments, ASC 842 leases. Proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, etc.), Campfire, Ramp, and Ordway