Title: Senior Accountant
Location: California; Remote/ Hybrid
Summary:
We are seeking a highly capable and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join our growing finance team. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in accounting, with experience across both public audit and industry roles, and is comfortable working in a dynamic, evolving environment. This position will report to the Controller and play a critical role in supporting day-to-day accounting operations, driving process improvements, and contributing to strategic initiatives such as M&A integration.
Key Responsibilities:
Core Accounting & Transactional Work:
- Perform and oversee daily accounting functions including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close activities.
- Handle high volumes of transactional work, particularly during the initial phases of the role as the team is built out.
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
Process Improvement:
- Assess existing accounting processes and systems to identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement.
- Recommend and implement new workflows and automation using AI where appropriate.
- Support documentation of policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Audit Support:
- Serve as a point of contact for external auditors.
- Prepare audit schedules, provide supporting documentation, and assist in addressing audit inquiries.
- Work occasional extended hours during audit cycles as needed.
M&A Integration:
- Assist with financial due diligence and post-acquisition integration efforts.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align accounting policies, reporting structures, and systems with company standards.
- Support onboarding of newly acquired subsidiaries or business units into accounting operations.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Act as a professional, outward-facing representative of the accounting team.
- Partner with operations, FP&A, HR, legal, and subsidiary teams to support business needs.
- Communicate complex accounting matters in a clear and approachable manner.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred.
- 4-7+ years of combined experience in public accounting (audit) and industry roles.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and internal controls. Experience with consolidations is a plus.
- Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, and Ramp is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to manage transactional workloads while improving processes.
- Experience with M&A integration is highly desirable.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Comfortable with occasional long hours during peak periods (e.g., audits, acquisitions, project deadlines).
- Proactive, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a growing organization.
Core Competencies:
- Operational Excellence- Hands-on leader focused on process scalability.
- Strategic Agility- Connects accounting operations to enterprise goals.
- Technical Mastery- Deep understanding of complex accounting and consolidation.
- Influential Leadership- Builds trust with executives, auditors, and investors.
- Results-Driven- Balances speed, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
Characteristics we love:
- Highly self-motivated and driven
- Allergic to sterile and cold corporate cultures
- Passionate about producing high-quality deliverables
- Detail-oriented and results driven
- Collaborative team player
- Addicted to learning and improving
- Has the ability to turn data into insight
Successful candidates will value and embrace VisiQuate's Guiding Principles:
- Leadership- We lead by example and by empowering our clients, partners and staff.
- Optimism- Our glass is decidedly half full…and then some.
- Curiosity- We approach the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions with an inquisitiveness that delights in discovering fresh ideas.
- Zeal- We take approach our work with eagerness, determination, and contagious enthusiasm.
- Integrity- We value conscience, character, truth, and honor as fundamental principles.
- Innovation- We believe in a continuous and relentless pursuit of all which seems unimaginable.
- Fun- We believe that hard work and fun go hand in hand.
- Compassion- We will lead not only with our heads; but with our hearts.
- Giving- We will gladly give our time and money to causes we believe in.