Senior Accountant

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ActiveCampaign's category-defining Customer Experience Automation Platform (CXA) helps over 150,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. The platform gives businesses of all sizes access to 500+ pre-built automations that combine email marketing, marketing automation and CRM for powerful segmentation and personalization across social, email, messaging, chat and text. Over 100,000 of ActiveCampaign's customers use its 850+ integrations including Microsoft, Shopify, Square, Facebook, and Salesforce. ActiveCampaign scores higher in customer satisfaction than any other solution in Marketing Automation, CRM, and E-Commerce Personalization on G2.com and is the Top Rated Email Marketing Software on TrustRadius. Pricing starts at just $9/month. Start a free trial at ActiveCampaign.com.


As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don’t just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. If this matches your goals and interests, we hope you consider joining our team!


As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies, we are scaling rapidly to keep up with market demand. We are growing all of our teams and looking for people who share our values, deliver innovation frequently, and join us in our mission to grow our customer base from 150,000 today to millions.


Reporting to the Director of Accounting, the senior accountant will be a key player in the month-end close process. Responsibilities will include preparation of journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliation and other analyses to support financials. This position will also include reviewing journal entries and reconciliations prepared by staff accountant special projects as needed. This is a role where the individual will be expected to work independently at times as well as ensure open communication with the team for accurate and timely month-end reporting.

What your day could consist of:

  • Prepare journal entries and balance sheet analysis with reconciliation to the general ledger on monthly and quarterly basis
  • Analyze balance sheet and income statement account fluctuations to ensure variances are explained and transactions are properly recorded
  • Responsible for accounting areas such as payroll and related accruals, stock based compensation, lease accounting and Opex
  • Mentor/coach staff accountant and provide feedback on reconciliations and other analyses prepared
  • Special projects as necessary involving accounting, reporting or operating aspects of the company
  • Ensure processes are executed in a timely and accurate manner including the monthly close account analysis
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls
  • Other accounting duties as assigned

What is needed:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required, CPA or progress towards CPA a plus
  • 3-5 years of experience in accounting-related work (Big 4 public accounting preferred)
  • Experience with Sage Intacct a plus
  • Intermediate to advanced level experience with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
  • Ability to take ownership of assignments and be self-motivated
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work under pressure of time constraints
  • Must be detail oriented, well organized, and have the ability to prioritize work and be able to work accurately with numbers

ActiveCampaign is an employee-first culture. We take care of our employees at work and outside of work. You can see more of the details here, but some of our most popular benefits include our comprehensive health and wellness benefits (including no premiums for employees on our HSA plan, tele-health and tele-mental health, and access to the Calm app for meditation), open paid time off, generous 401(k) matching with no vesting, a generous stipend to outfit your remote office, and a focus on career growth including access to personal and professional coaching. We take a proactive approach to diversity and inclusion and offer parental leave, career pathing, and support employees’ ongoing learning and development through Udemy and access to life coaches via Modern Health. We also offer cool swag.


ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow and promote no matter of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, protected veteran status, physical and mental abilities, or any other identities protected by law.


Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members. 


Our core values: 

Start with trust

Make the customer a hero

Cultivate inclusion & diversity

Iterate everything, always

Create WOW

Pursue growth with gratitude


Visit here to learn about perks and benefits at ActiveCampaign and see our values in action.


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