Senior Accountant

Who We Are

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people.

We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you.

We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

Our Values

If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

Who You Are

You are detail oriented and able to work independently. You will own and embrace improvement and proactively identify opportunities for automation while also keeping an eye on risk and compliance. As the Senior Accountant, you will be expected to ensure daily accounting controls are being followed and to manage our close on a monthly and annual basis. There will also be some deep dives into the general ledger to identify issues and work cross functionally to provide solutions.

Your Success Profile

What You Will Work On

• Manage the monthly and annual financial close, including account reconciliations, entering journal entries, and maintaining accurate records and files.

• Assist the Accounting Manager with designing and implementing new control procedures related to month-end close and other general accounting activities.

• Assist the Accounting Manager with improvements to month-end close by improving the timing of close items along with improving the month-end account reconciliations.

• Assist the Accounting Manager and work with cross-functional partners on the improvement of benefit billing and review processes.

• Work cross-functionally with the Insurance Billing Operations group to complete the monthly billing process for our insurance carriers.

• Create reviews and procedures that ensure billing data is accurately captured in our accounting records.

• Assist with special projects, as needed.

• Supporting external auditors as necessary.

How You Will Do Your Work

As a Senior Accountant, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:

• Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.

• Analytical - uses a logical reasoning process to break down and work through a situation or problem to arrive at an outcome.

• Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.

• Organizational awareness - maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.

• Business insight - applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

In addition, all Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:

• Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.

• Openness - Your default is to be open. You're willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.

• Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.

• Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you'll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.

• Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of public accounting experience in audit; CPA or on track.

• Must have audit experience involving public or large private companies.

• Proficient in using MS Office suite. NetSuite and SQL experience a plus.

• Have a fundamental understanding of a full month-end close process.

• Detail oriented and inquisitive.

• Exhibits accountability and ownership.

• Able to work without supervision and meet tight deadlines.

• Interest in learning new processes and implementing the latest technology in a fast paced, data driven environment.

The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $97,000.00 - $106,700.00 per year.

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Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate, including and not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and specific work location. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.

For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks.

Diversity At Justworks

Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. Diversity in our work, our people, and our product drives creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial leadership and integrity, competitiveness, and collaboration throughout our business and in the market. We depend on our differences to make our team stronger, our workplace more dynamic, and our product accessible to all of our customers.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. Justworks is fully dedicated to providing necessary support to candidates with disabilities who may require reasonable accommodations. We also provide reasonable accommodations to employees based on their sincerely held religious beliefs, as well as for other covered reasons consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you're in need of a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at [email protected]. Your comfort and success matter to us, and we're here to ensure an inclusive experience.

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