Senior Accountant
The Opportunity:
As a Senior Accountant, you will play a central role in supporting critical functions of our marketplace and company financial operations. You will oversee numerous aspects of the month-end close process, serve as a resource on complex accounting matters, design solutions to new challenges and ensure the completion of business-critical responsibilities. You will work with stakeholders throughout the company to ensure the highest level of service for our buyers, sellers, partners, and vendors.
As an experienced member of the team, you will serve as an internal expert, by applying your accounting knowledge to new challenges and leading by example. You will work closely with the entire department, providing an opportunity to influence the team agenda and serve as a mentor for others.
This role will allow you to accelerate your corporate accounting career. You will gain exposure to all aspects of our business and help us continually evolve. Vivid Seats is a nimble, disruptive force in our industry. The accounting team prides itself on supporting those efforts, while meeting the needs of our lenders and investors. This is a special opportunity to apply what you have learned in previous roles, continue learning at a rapid pace, and influence everything going on around you.
To be successful, you'll need:
- 3+ years of accounting experience, including month-end close participation and/or audit work
- Comprehensive understanding of accounting principles; CPA or Masters in Accounting preferred
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills and experience with large amounts of data and advanced functions
- Intrinsic desire to complete challenging tasks and take on new responsibilities
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously
What We Offer:
Vivid Seats is the largest independent online ticket marketplace, sending tens of millions of fans to live events. Experiences Matter - which is why we continue to grow year over year. Working at Vivid Seats puts you front and center at the opportunity to scale our best in class platform that allows our fans to sit closer and experience more.
At Vivid Seats, you will have the opportunity to work with the flexibility and speed of a startup; while operating at massive, profitable scale. We keep our teams lean, allowing each employee direct accountability of creating a positive ticket buying experience. We are relentless and move quickly to release new features and content to our applications. Good ideas are heard and implemented, and hard work rewarded. Being a part of our team means having the ability to drive impact and own the innovation that connects our tens of millions of unique monthly users to the memorable experiences that only live events create.
We are passionate about creating memorable experiences for our fans and the best in class experience for our employees. Vivid Seats offers competitive compensation levels, individual and team-based bonus opportunities, 401K matching, a generous benefits package and Flex PTO policy plus a variety of workplace perks.
Location:
111 N Canal Suite #800
Chicago, IL 60606
This position will start remotely.