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Senior Accountant

Posted 6 Days Ago
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
Senior level
Supports the full accounting cycle, including month-end close, reconciliations, payroll, invoicing, collections, revenue-share entries, and global entity consolidation. The role also supports audits, tax and statutory compliance, external reporting, and NetSuite administration. Responsibilities include preparing accruals, payroll journals, tax entries, audit documentation, and financial analyses while coordinating with external accounting and tax firms.
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Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Fully Remote

Manager: Corporate Controller

Swift Navigation is hiring. Let us introduce ourselves. Swift is changing the way we navigate and understand the world. Swift’s precise positioning technology platform improves location accuracy from several meters to centimeter-level and is used by millions of devices across the globe. Swift’s technology is trusted by users across industries, enabling safer driving, improving efficiency for last-mile delivery and commercial transport operations, increasing accuracy for mobile devices and creating new possibilities for rail, robotics and machine control. That’s what we offer our customers and partners, but it’s the work we do together as a team that is the best part of our days. We collaborate—across the globe—to tackle problems, to pursue our mission and to make a real impact in the world. We are diverse, flexible, supportive and we believe our team is our most important asset and offer a host of benefits and programs to ensure that they know it.

Swift Navigation is looking for a Senior Accountant to support our full accounting cycle, including month-end close, reconciliations, payroll, customer invoicing and collections, and consolidation across our global entities. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, you will also support audit, tax and statutory compliance, and help administer NetSuite.


We are looking for a detail-oriented accountant who takes ownership of their work and is passionate about making an impact at a fast-growing company. You are a team player who builds effective relationships throughout the company. You are curious, take initiative, have a bias for action, and possess strong organizational and communication skills.

 Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Prepare monthly accruals and support the full-cycle month-end close
  • Perform monthly bank reconciliations and balance sheet account reconciliations
  • Prepare monthly flux analysis
  • Record monthly statutory entries for international entities and support consolidation
  • Prepare monthly payroll journal entries and process US payroll
  • Liaise with statutory accounting firms on payroll, bank reconciliations, and related entries
  • Prepare customer invoices and manage collections
  • Book partner revenue share entries and prepare related reporting
  • Prepare reporting for external parties such as banks and customers
  • Record GST and sales tax return entries, and assist the Corporate Controller in preparing tax filings with our external tax firm
  • Support the annual audit, including preparing PBCs and driving audit readiness
  • Support tax return preparation, including preparing PBCs
  • Assist the Corporate Controller with NetSuite system administration
  • Take on ad-hoc tasks as assigned by the Corporate Controller

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related discipline
  • 5+ years of accounting experience
  • CPA preferred but not required
  • Prior audit experience preferred

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with FloQast, NetSuite, Drivetrain, and Zenskar
  • Big 4 or mid-tier public accounting firm experience

Perks:

  • A fully remote work environment.
  • Flexible vacation, competitive salary and benefits packages, stock options.
  • Tech talks, mentorship programs, employee events.
  • Growth and learning opportunities from a tech environment include working closely with an international team of scientists, engineers, platform architects, programmers, executive staff and professionals.

Swift Navigation is a diverse and inclusive team. We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status or other defining characteristics.


Swift Navigation will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of SFPC Art.49.





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