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General Accountant

Posted 3 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
86K-116K Annually
Mid level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
86K-116K Annually
Mid level
The GL Accountant supports month-end close processes, prepares journal entries, ensures compliance, collaborates with various teams, and contributes to automation efforts.
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Role Description

As a GL Accountant, you will be a key member of the GL Consolidation team. You will be focused on playing a key role in supporting critical areas of the month-end close process, including accruals, payroll accounting, lease accounting, and account reconciliations. You’ll help ensure timely and accurate financial reporting by preparing journal entries, maintaining schedules, and assisting with variance analysis and audits. You’ll also contribute to streamlining recurring workflows and driving automation opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and accuracy. This role offers exposure to accounting areas such as ASC 842, and collaboration with teams like FP&A and Payroll. You’ll gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and build a strong foundation for a long-term career in corporate accounting. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and contribute to impactful work.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with FP&A to record accruals and reclasses supporting forecast accuracy and reporting integrity
  • Process payroll-related journal entries, including 401(k) contributions and payroll cash entries
  • Maintain and execute auto-reversing entries to streamline the monthly close process
  • Account for finance lease inception entries and ASC 842 lease entries for operating and subleases, ensuring compliance with US GAAP
  • Perform payroll and accrual reconciliations to maintain ledger accuracy and support audit readiness
  • Prepare and explain quarterly balance sheet flux analyses to provide insight into key account movements
  • Ensure compliance with policies and procedures
  • Gather schedules for external auditors for the financial statement audit process
  • Assist with special projects as needed
Business Partnership
  • Partner with IT and Transformation team to optimize system functionality and exploit opportunities for automation and process improvements
  • Partner with the Payroll Team to ensure all payroll activities are posted to the general ledger and payroll accounts are reconciled timely and accurately
  • Partner with FP&A to ensure timely and accurate accruals, supporting seamless month-end close and reliable financial reporting
Compliance
  • Prepare and provide detailed documentation and schedules to support internal and external audit requests
  • Collaborate with auditors by responding to inquiries and ensuring timely resolution of audit findings
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • 3-4 years of experience in corporate accounting or finance, preferably supporting month-end close
  • Strong understanding of general accounting principles (GAAP)
  • Experience with accrual accounting, journal entries, and account reconciliations
  • Effective interpersonal skills and communicator who is comfortable using a multiple mediums to collaborate
  • Proficiency in Excel and accounting systems (e.g., Oracle)
  • Detail-oriented team player with good organizational skills, who is motivated to succeed in a remote environment
  • Problem solver with strong analytical skills and can navigate changing priorities and ambiguity with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
  • Execution-focused, with the ability to take individual responsibility for delivering quality work in a timely manner
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Oracle Cloud or equivalent ERP product software strongly preferred
  • Familiarity with and payroll accounting experience preferred
  • Demonstrated experience and comfort with large volume data sets for accounting, impacting journal entries, analysis, and reconciliations
  • Breadth as well as depth of accounting experience, if this is available
Compensation 

US Zone 1

This role is not available in Zone 1

US Zone 2
$85,700$115,900 USD
US Zone 3
$76,200$103,000 USD

Top Skills

Excel
Oracle

Dropbox Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office

Boston, MA, United States

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