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Role Description We’re hiring a hands-on Senior Accountant to own the full accounting function and monthly close in a fast-growing e-commerce business. This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in a lean environment, understands high-volume transaction flows, and can build scalable, automated processes across accounting, tax, and systems. You’ll work directly with the CFO and play a key role in preparing the company for increased transaction complexity, including global payment flows, multi-currency settlements, indirect tax compliance, and evolving revenue recognition requirements as the business scales. What You’ll Do - Core Accounting - Own the end-to-end monthly close, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations. - Maintain accurate financials in QuickBooks in accordance with GAAP. - Prepare and review all accounting entries across the business. - Ensure a clean, audit-ready balance sheet and P&L. - Payments & Reconciliations - Manage and reconcile Stripe and payment platform activity. - Build scalable processes for high-volume transaction reconciliation. - Prepare for increasing complexity across refunds, disputes, and chargebacks. - Manage reconciliations across payment processors, settlement accounts, reserves, refunds, chargebacks, and international payment flows. - Develop scalable controls and reconciliation processes for high-volume consumer transactions. - Revenue & Tax - Apply proper revenue recognition across multiple revenue streams. - Support the implementation and ongoing management of sales tax and VAT. - Partner with external advisors and tools to ensure compliance as the business scales. - Account for complex transaction flows involving payment intermediaries, international customers, and multiple jurisdictions. - Support compliance with sales tax, VAT, GST, and other indirect tax requirements. - Automation & Systems - Identify and implement automation opportunities across accounting workflows. - Improve and maintain integrations between Stripe, QuickBooks, and other systems. - Leverage and introduce AI tools to streamline reconciliations, transaction classification, the close process, and reporting workflows. - Process Building - Design and document scalable accounting processes and controls. - Reduce manual work and improve efficiency over time. - Anticipate future needs as transaction volume and complexity grow. Qualifications - 4–7+ years of accounting experience. - Strong ownership of month-end close and accrual accounting. - Experience in e-commerce, SaaS, digital commerce, marketplaces, subscription businesses, or other high-volume transaction environments. - Hands-on experience with QuickBooks and Stripe (or similar platforms). - Familiarity with sales tax and/or VAT (implementation experience a plus). - Demonstrated ability to build or improve processes, not just maintain them. - Comfort operating independently and remotely in accounting. - Experience reconciling payment processor activity, settlement reports, refunds, disputes, reserves, and chargebacks. - Understanding of revenue recognition and accounting for complex transaction flows. - Familiarity with multi-currency transactions and indirect tax requirements (sales tax, VAT, GST). Nice to Have - CPA (or working toward it). - Experience supporting businesses with international transaction flows, multi-currency settlements, payment processor integrations, and indirect tax compliance. - Experience working in environments with complex payment ecosystems involving refunds, chargebacks, customer remittances, and global tax obligations. - Experience implementing tax tools such as Avalara or TaxJar. - Experience implementing automation and AI tools (e.g., workflow automation, integrations). What Success Looks Like - Month-end close is accurate, timely, and repeatable. - Stripe and bank reconciliations are clean and scalable despite high volume. - Sales tax and VAT are implemented and running smoothly. - Manual processes are reduced through automation and AI tools. - Accounting infrastructure is prepared to support global transaction volumes, payment processor integrations, indirect tax compliance, and scalable revenue accounting processes. Why This Role - Full ownership of accounting with direct CFO exposure. - The opportunity to build systems the right way early. - A high-impact role as the business scales in volume and complexity. Benefits - Competitive Compensation - Medical, Dental, Vision - 401K with Company Match