RapidSOS - Senior Technical Accountant
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Requirements
• Experience: 3–6 years of experience, including a foundational stint in Big 4 Public Accounting (Audit). • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA required. • Education: • SaaS Expertise: Deep understanding of ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and ASC 805 (Business Combinations). • SaaS Expertise: • Executive Presence: The ability to translate complex accounting issues (like warrant liabilities or stock-based comp) into clear, actionable insights for non-finance leadership. • Executive Presence: • Proactive "Audit Mindset": You don't wait for auditors to find issues. You anticipate questions, prepare the defense in advance, and maintain "audit-ready" documentation year-round. • Proactive "Audit Mindset": • The "Power User": Expert-level Google Sheets skills (complex formulas, index/match, and data visualization). • The "Power User": • AI Mindset: You are an early adopter. You should be comfortable using LLMs and automation tools to increase your output and audit accuracy. • AI Mindset: • Systems Thinker: A track record of identifying bottlenecks in financial workflows and independently implementing solutions (automations, policy changes) to remove them. • Systems Thinker: • Systems Mastery: Experience with NetSuite, Abacum, Ramp, Carta, and BambooHR is highly preferred. • Systems Mastery: • NetSuite, Abacum, Ramp, Carta, • BambooHR
Responsibilities
• Technical Policy & Memos: Research and document complex accounting positions (ASC 606, ASC 842, ASC 718) in clear, defensible technical memos. • Technical Policy & Memos: • Month-End Close & GL Management: Execute critical components of the monthly close process, including the preparation of complex journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and detailed flux (variance) analysis to ensure the integrity of the General Ledger. • Month-End Close & GL Management: • Process Architecture for Scale: Design and implement scalable accounting processes and institutional-grade internal controls that can withstand 2x–3x transaction volume growth without adding headcount. • Process Architecture for Scale: • institutional-grade internal controls • External & Internal Reporting: Lead the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. You will build out the rigorous reporting framework required for comprehensive external disclosures (MD&A, Footnotes). • External & Internal Reporting: • Strategic Business Partnering: Collaborate directly with Sales, Legal, and Deal Desk teams to structure complex deals and new product launches, ensuring favorable revenue recognition and operational feasibility before contracts are signed. • Strategic Business Partnering: • Consolidations & M&A: Own the global consolidation process for multi-entity structures. You will lead the accounting workstream for due diligence and post-acquisition integration (ASC 805) as we scale through M&A. • Consolidations & M&A: • Mentorship & Quality Control: Act as a technical mentor to junior accounting staff, performing first-level review of workpapers and elevating the team’s overall technical proficiency. • Mentorship & Quality Control: • AI Integration: Actively identify and implement AI-driven workflows to streamline data reconciliation, anomaly detection, and reporting cycles. • AI Integration: • Audit & Compliance: Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors, leveraging your Big 4 experience to navigate inquiries and ensure a "clean" audit trail. • Audit & Compliance:
Benefits
• High Visibility: You will report directly to leadership and have a front-row seat to a high-profile IPO journey and aggressive M&A strategy. • High Visibility: • Modern Finance: We don't do "manual." We invest in the best tools so you can focus on high-level strategy rather than data entry. • Modern Finance: • Mission-Driven Work: Join a "Unicorn" that provides a critical data link between connected devices and 911 agencies—your work literally helps save lives. • Mission-Driven Work: • The chance to work with a passionate team on solving one of the largest challenges globally. • Competitive salary, benefits, and equity participation. • A dynamic, flexible, and fun start-up work environment with a highly talented team. • If you're curious to learn more about RapidSOS, you can check out https://rapidsos.com/blog/ • If you're curious to learn more about RapidSOS, you can check out • https://rapidsos.com/blog/ • Starting pay for a successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include experience, relevant skills, training, education, location, business needs, or market demands. The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000. This role will also be eligible to receive equity options. • If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here: https://rapidsos.com/privacy/california/ • RapidSOS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. • Interested in the role but you don’t meet 100% of the requirements? We’d love to hear from you! We encourage you to apply; we’d be excited to see if your unique skill set and experience could be a match.
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