Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Pipe

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Pipe, located in the United States. Pipe focuses on building amazing financial products and services, evidenced by its interest in candidates with fintech, MCA, or lending experience. This Staff Accountant position is crucial for maintaining accurate financial records, supporting daily accounting operations, and assisting with the critical month-end close process. Your contributions will directly impact the overall financial health and integrity of the company’s reporting.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, United States
• Pay: $90000–$120000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Accounting Manager
• Mission: Support daily accounting operations, ensure accurate financial records, assist with month-end close, and contribute to the company’s financial health.
• Tech Stack: Netsuite, Ramp, FloQast, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Month-End Management: Perform comprehensive month-end close activities, encompassing journal entries, meticulous account reconciliations, and the consolidation of international subsidiaries to ensure financial accuracy.
• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepare detailed monthly and quarterly flux analyses, providing insights into financial trends, and compile internal reporting packages for stakeholders.
• Accounts Payable & Compliance: Oversee and manage the end-to-end accounts payable process, including the efficient processing of vendor invoices, matching receipts, and handling credit card transactions while ensuring strict compliance with corporate policies.
• Treasury Operations & Cash Management: Execute daily and weekly treasury operations, performing cash postings and reconciliations across multiple subsidiaries and currencies, initiating and tracking intercompany transfers, and assisting with short-term cash flow forecasting.
• Audit Support & Process Improvement: Provide essential support for external audits and tax compliance documentation, concurrently identifying and implementing opportunities for continuous process improvements within accounting operations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, providing a foundational understanding of accounting principles.
• Experience: Bring 2 or more years of experience in operational accounting, with a preference for backgrounds in fintech, merchant cash advance (MCA), or lending sectors. Experience with high-volume transactions and reconciliations is also preferred.
• Skills: Demonstrate a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), proficiency with Excel, excellent attention to detail, and effective problem-solving abilities. You should also have strong communication skills.
• Bonus: Familiarity with accounting software such as Netsuite, Ramp, and FloQast is a plus for this role.