As a Senior Accountant, you'll manage general ledger accuracy, oversee reconciliations, participate in audits, and enhance accounting processes and systems.
About Mashgin
Mashgin powers the world's best checkout experience for over 40 million users. Customers just place their items on our kiosks and our AI rings up their entire order in less than a second. With Mashgin, lines are now optional.
Mashgin's technology powers over 1 billion transactions at your favorite locations, including over half of all US professional sports teams, 4,000 convenience stores, major airports, universities, and more.
We’re not just building cutting-edge AI—we’re creating real-world impact and unforgettable experiences. Backed by a well-funded Series B, we’re also one of the rare AI startups that’s already profitable.
Our secret? A culture of extreme ownership, autonomy, and customer obsession. At Mashgin, you’re not just an employee—you’re an owner. We might do things differently than most startups… but then again, most startups aren’t profitable with an army of raving fans behind them.
Position Summary
This is an intermediate position where you will be initially responsible for the expense side of Mashgin's accounting. As a senior accountant, you will perform accounting for key accounting areas, including revenue recognition, deferred revenue, lease accounting, and capitalized software development costs. You will work closely with the accounts receivable specialist and accounts payable specialist to ensure proper revenue accounting is applied to customer transactions and proper GL coding is applied to vendor bills and credit card transactions. You will also be a key contributor to the timely and accurate monthly accounting close cycle. If you love the excitement of a fast-paced, startup environment where you will have the opportunity to learn and grow then this position would be a good fit for you!
You Will Be
- Owning the general ledger, ensuring timely recording and accuracy of every balance on the general ledger. Key areas include revenue recognition, deferred revenue, sales tax, and fixed assets at customer sites
- Owning the balance sheet reconciliations and subledgers, ensuring a full understanding of the detail amounts and the validity and accuracy of the amounts that make up the balances
- Owning the sales tax process, ensuring accurate sales tax calculations and timely filings. Additionally, you will also be owning the selection and implementation of the appropriate sales tax system to automate sales tax calculation and filing
- Participating in the monthly close process, ensuring adherence to the close schedule
- Participating in audits, including annual financial audits, sales tax, and workers comp
- Participating in the design and implementation of a mid tier financial system
- Participating in the continuous effort for processes and systems improvements
- Overseeing the procure to pay process
- Owning the payroll process, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time
Minimum Qualifications
- BA/BS in Accounting, Finance or related discipline with 7+ years of experience applying accounting and financial best-practices in a public or private company environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and ERPs
- Strong commitment to accuracy, consistency and ability to problem solve and come up with creative solutions with various tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience with hardware strongly desired
- Prior experience at a high growth and fast paced company strongly desired
- 3+ years of management experience
What We Offer
- An opportunity to work on a small, multidisciplinary team with the potential to break new ground in many different industries
- Excellent health, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- 401k plan
- Flexible PTO policy
- Catered lunch in office with fully stocked snacks and beverages
- Pet insurance for your fur babies
- Voluntary life insurance plan
- Competitive salary and options in a small, rapidly scaling company
Mashgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Mashgin are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
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Top Skills
Erps
Excel
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