Bankjoy - Senior Accountant
Requirements
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including full ownership of a month-end close (must have). • Hands-on US multi-state sales tax experience: nexus determination, state registrations, filings, exemption certificate management, and voluntary disclosure agreements (must have). • Working knowledge of Avalara or a comparable sales tax engine, including its integration with a billing system (must have). • US GAAP revenue recognition under ASC 606 applied to multi-element SaaS contracts, specifically implementation fee deferral and principal-versus-agent analysis for passthrough revenue (must have). • Experience in a multi-entity environment with cross-border operations and foreign currency translation. • Experience owning or substantially supporting an external financial statement audit. • Proficiency with QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, and a billing platform; Zoho and Salesforce a plus. • Demonstrated ability to work without supervision: comfortable pulling data from a CRM, reading a signed contract, and going directly to the deal owner for an answer. • Evidence of process documentation you wrote and maintained. Candidates should be prepared to share a work sample, such as a close checklist or procedure you authored. • CPA (Canada or US) or equivalent practical experience. • SaaS or fintech experience strongly preferred; experience serving credit unions or community banks is a plus.
Responsibilities
• Revenue, Billing & Accounts Receivable • Own the monthly billing cycle end to end: recurring SaaS subscriptions, implementation fees, expansion and upsell items, and third-party passthroughs. • Interpret signed client contracts to determine correct billing, including minimums, tiered unit pricing, annual escalators, passthrough treatment, and go-live timing. • Source billing inputs independently from Salesforce, contract files, and the Sales or Client Success owner who closed the deal. • Reconcile third-party vendor invoices against amounts rebilled to clients, and investigate variances before they reach the client. • Own AR collections: aging review, client follow-up, and timely escalation of at-risk balances. • Prepare invoices for COO review and release. • Accounts Payable • Accounts Payable • Own AP intake, vendor coding, and entry; maintain written vendor-to-GL coding standards. • Prepare payment runs for COO approval and manage vendor relationships, statements, and billing disputes. • Keep AP current so that no vendor relationship is disrupted by a missed or late payment. • US Sales Tax & Compliance • Own the US multi-state sales tax function: nexus monitoring, registrations, and monthly and quarterly filings. • Administer Avalara, including the billing system integration, and reconcile taxable sales to filed returns each period as a standing control. • Collect and maintain exemption certificates for tax-exempt credit union clients. • Manage voluntary disclosure agreements, state notices, and state tax audits. • Support Canadian corporate tax filings and US federal and state returns with external advisors. • Month-End Close & Reporting • Own the full close cycle across the US parent, its Canadian entity, and its subsidiary. • Maintain recurring schedules: deferred revenue and implementation fee amortization, prepaid expenses, referral fee accruals, and sales commission amortization. • Allocate payroll and benefits by department across US and Canadian payroll, including CAD translation and RRSP remittance reconciliation. • Investigate and explain month-over-month variance by department without being asked, distinguishing real movement from timing artifacts. • Produce the monthly KPI package for the board. • External Audit • Serve as primary point of contact for the annual financial statement audit. • Prepare PBC schedules and workpapers, respond to auditor requests, and post audit adjustments. • Maintain rollforward schedules that tie to the general ledger year over year. • Treat audited financial statements as controlled documents and route all external distribution through the COO. • Process & Documentation • Build and maintain written documentation for every recurring process, including the month-end close checklist, vendor coding rules, departmental mapping, and billing logic. • Identify recurring error sources and fix them at the root rather than correcting them each month. • Recommend and implement improvements to systems and workflows as the business scales.
Benefits
• $115,000 – $135,000 CAD • 🎁 What You Get • 🎁 What You Get • A fast-paced and collaborative environment • Stock options at a well-funded startup • We cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for individuals on our base plan, with significant contributions toward all other plan options (USA). • We cover 100% of extended medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your family under our single, comprehensive plan (Canada). • Retirement plan with 4% company matching • 8 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents, 4 weeks for non-birthing • 3-5 weeks PTO depending on tenure • End of year shutdown • Performance-based bonuses • Remote first culture • ⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunities at Bankjoy
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