Staff Accountant

The role:

• The Staff Accountant is responsible for performing tasks that will help us monitor our revenues.
• The Staff Accountant will be responsible for keeping track of money owed to us by customers, preparing invoices and updating records to ensure that we receive payment for services offered to clients.
• In addition, the Staff Accountant will support the month-end accounting close process including preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and assisting in the preparation of financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies. The goal is to contribute to the accurate preparation of invoices, accounts receivable management, and safeguard the company’s income.

Why you’ll love this role:

• Process client invoices and ensure invoices are free of errors and processed in a timely manner
• Assist billing team with discrepancies on invoices
• Reconcile general ledger accounts, including cash and accounts receivable
• Prepare and post journal entries to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting policies.
• Respond to customer inquiries and resolves issues as needed
• Keep accurate records in our system and makes updates to customer info as needed
• Reconcile deal information in our Billing System with signed customer agreement
• Follow up with delinquent accounts, make collection calls, draft collection emails and letters
• Provide A/R write-offs and communicate with clients with efficiency, professionalism and provide excellent customer service

Why you’re a great fit:

• 2+ years of related accounting experience required
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Great at math and proficient in Excel
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience in a SaaS industry with recurring revenue preferred
• Proficiency in accounting software programs, such as Netsuite, is preferred

Compensation:

Base salary: $60,000 - $67,000

Total compensation for this role also incentive stock options and benefits.

Why you’ll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
• Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
• Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
• Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st), and Sabbatical Leave offered at tenure.
• Professional Development: Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.

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