Posted 
Jun 1

Senior Accountant

Accounting & Finance
Senior
REMOTE

Role Description

Whisker Labs is passionate about developing smarter solutions to hard problems, leveraging expertise in signal processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. We’re leading the next wave in smart home technology and fire prevention with Ting, an intelligent sensor that monitors a home’s electrical network to detect electrical hazards that often lead to the most devastating and catastrophic fires. While on the job preventing fires, Ting serves an expanding role as a fitness tracker for the home, smartly monitoring and alerting homeowners to meaningful events that impact everyday life. For more information, please visit tingfire.com.

We are experiencing strong growth and due to this growth, we are currently seeking a talented Senior Accountant to add to our Corporate Accounting team. This Senior Accountant position will have a broad range of responsibilities directly and indirectly related to the monthly close process.

Core responsibilities include:

  • Assist with the general ledger close process including financial statement review and analysis from both U.S. GAAP and management perspectives
  • Prepare monthly journal entries and reconciliations for fixed assets, prepaid expenses, cash, and cash equivalents and accruals as part of the general ledger close process
  • Manage a variety of balance sheet accounts
  • Assist in the coordination of financial statement audits and reviews, including the preparation of audit schedules
  • Assist in the presentation of accounting analysis during the monthly & quarterly close meetings
  • Assist in managing the annual balance sheet review event
  • Spend a portion of time on special projects (e.g., continuing to build/enhance accounting practices, improving documentation, building more robust analytical reporting)
  • Provide accounting and general ledger business partner support, including A/P, invoicing, cash receipts, etc.; act as a liaison to selected business groups across finance
  • Provide a high level of customer service within finance and to other business partners
  • Produce standard and ad-hoc reporting to analyze trends vs. prior quarter and prior year for the statement of operations and the balance sheet
  • Communicate with confidence during close meetings on assigned balance sheet areas
  • Prepare memos on accounting issues as required

Technical skills and experience

- B.S. in Accounting or equivalent
- 3-5 years of relevant financial accounting experience (mix of private and public experience preferred)
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting and reporting
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Experience with QuickBooks Online or larger ERP systems
  • Comfortable working in a small, but rapidly-growing, start-up environment

Whisker Labs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical insurance; dental insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; eight (8) company paid holidays; two (2) floating holidays; 401K Plan with company match; disability insurance; tuition assistance and up to fifteen days of Paid Time Off (PTO) in the first year which is accrued on a per pay period basis (with an increase of one day per year up to 25 days).

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Whisker Labs
 at a glance

Whisker Labs develops advanced home intelligence technologies to keep families, homes, and communities safe. Our Ting service detects and alerts homeowners to electrical fire hazards across the home with a single DIY plug-in sensor that installs in 2 easy steps. While protecting against electrical fires in the home, Ting also provides unparalleled real-time insights into the health of the power grid.