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Senior Accountant

AutoRentals.com · Remote, United States

AccountingSenior LevelRemoteQuick applyfull-time28 days ago

About The Role

Role Summary

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.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

  • 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!

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