Senior Accountant - Accounting Operations & Reporting (SaaS)

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for internal leadership and external stakeholders (investors, auditors, advisors). Maintain dashboards, variance analyses, and commentary.
• Strong understanding of GAAP standards, prepare and support audit/diligence materials and respond to various investor reporting requests.
• Own month-end close, AP/AR, cash-to-accrual, and board-level reporting in a lean accounting team; partner closely with the VP Finance & Ops.
• Own financial dashboards, variance analysis, and insights to support business decision-making.
• Work towards building a global headcount reporting structure and headcount reports as the company scales.
• Work closely with the accountant facilitating a timely and accurate month-end close process.
• Own Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes end-to-end: invoicing, collections cadence, vendor setup/payments, policy/compliance hygiene.
• Work closely with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely closures and accuracy.
• Drive process accuracy and cycle-time reduction; design controls that scale.
• Support FP&A activities such as budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management. Translate actuals to insights leaders can act on.
• Help streamline and improve finance processes, controls and documentation as the company scales and shifts to accrual-based accounting methodology.
• Partner across People Ops, Legal, Operations, and Leadership to align headcount, spend, and vendor plans with financial goals.

Requirement

• 5+ years of experience in finance/accounting roles, preferably in startup or high-growth environments.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguity and still deliver accurate, on-time outputs.
• Demonstrated cash-basis and accrual-basis accounting fluency; comfortable with methodology shifts and explaining the “why.”
• Hands-on experience managing AR/AP processes and month-end close experience; strong reconciliations and variance analysis.
• Enterprise-level reporting skills (board/investor quality), impeccable attention to detail, and crisp documentation.
• High ownership, learning mindset, and calm execution under changing priorities.
• Keen desire for professional growth with a transparent and trustworthy approach.
• Advanced Excel/Sheets; working knowledge of modern accounting/finance tools.
• Systems hands-on familiarity: QBO, Ramp, Expensify.

Nice to Have

• SaaS/VC-backed experience; familiarity with revenue drivers and usage/contract nuances.
• Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, cash flow modeling, and KPI frameworks.
• Comfort with today’s finance and accounting stacks and automation tools.