Senior Accountant

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Calm is a leading brand in the mental wellness space, offering an app-based SaaS solution to both B2C and B2B customers across the globe. Providing life-changing audio and video content that truly helps people build a habit around mental wellness, furthering our mission to make the world happier and healthier. Calm Finance supports this growth across Accounting, Revenue, Tax, SEC/SOX, FP&A and IR, ensuring operations scale efficiently and effectively.

What You’ll Do:

We are looking for a Senior Accountant who has a great understanding of accounting principles, ERP systems, experience with the general ledger functions, and the month-end/year-end close cycle. Experience working in both high growth and fast-paced start-ups and public companies will be extremely helpful. A strong work ethic, high professional standards, and the capacity to get things done independently are essential for this role.

What’s needed in this role is a passion for accounting operations and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced and feedback-driven environment. We’re also looking for someone who is highly self-motivated, has a stellar work ethic, and is excited for the right company to support their career growth. If this sounds like a good opportunity, we’d love to meet you!

  • Perform accounting close and reporting process, assuring that month-end close tasks and reconciliations are completed on the assigned due dates
  • Support the preparation of month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules (payroll, cash, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, allocations)
  • Participate in and contribute in the financial audit process including preparation of various audit requests and inquiries
  • Contribute to the development of new or current accounting systems, programs and procedures
  • Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents for accounting policies and regulations
  • Assist in the preparation of GAAP financial statements, including document preparation, data analysis, integrity validation and reconciliation processes
  • Support accounts payable to ensure proper and consistent coding and timely payments for vendors and employee expenses as needed
  • Support AP in performing annual 1099 filings as needed
  • Assist in management of Inventory Accounting process
  • Participate in developing and maintaining Internally Developed Software analysis
  • Maintain lease accounting calculations and monthly accounting entries
  • Experience with Sales and VAT tax calculations and submissions
  • Work closely with Controller in general corporate accounting matters and ad hoc projects or requests

Who You Are:

  • Minimum 4 years of corporate accounting experience; Big 4 experience and/or CPA is a big plus
  • Strong knowledge and application of GAAP accounting policies and practices
  • Solid knowledge of accounting life-cycle and all that it entails for startups, growing businesses, and public companies to succeed
  • Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (vlookup, pivot tables, index, match, etc.)
  • Minimum 2 years of working experience with NetSuite is strongly preferred
  • Exceptional communication skills for building partnerships across all levels of the organization
  • Excellent skills in accuracy, organization, and comfort working in a high-volume/fast-paced environment
  • Ability to adapt to change, effectively manage multiple tasks/projects, and provide timely feedback and visibility while keeping management aware of key issues
  • Ability and desire to work on PST hours
  • Meticulous attention to detail and follow-through
  • Experience with Bill.com and Expensify and PO systems a plus
  • Experience at a public company is a plus

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