Staff Accountant

Founded in 2014 by ex-Goldman Sachs leaders, CEO Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins. Beacon builds and designs enterprise-scale trading, analytics, and risk management platforms. In addition to developing applications for front and middle office users, the Beacon Platform includes cloud-based, secure sandbox infrastructure, a full suite of developer tools, and transparent source code to give its clients unparalleled power to own the full stack and achieve their business goals. A collaborative and innovative team, Beacon is now 140+ employees with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Tokyo.

TITLE: Staff Accountant

DUTIES: Responsible for performing the day-to-day processing and maintaining of the accounts payable function and general accounting including month-end close.

Job Responsibilities

Perform various accounting duties throughout the month, including preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, in areas that are generally more complex in nature and requires a more advanced understanding and application of accounting principles and financial analysis.Provide financial information to management by researching and analyzing accounting data and preparing reports.Help evaluate, recommend, implement, and document new financial accounting policies, procedures, financial systems, and controls.Responsible for all aspects of the accounts payable processes, including verifying the accuracy of vendor invoices, confirming correct GL coding, and obtaining proper approval and processing payment.Customer payment application. Bank account reconciliation.Assist with annual audit and other ad-hoc projects. Provide support to finance management and internal customers as needs arise, including ad-hoc projects.Process payroll. Global consolidation.Manage subsidiaries’ financial operations.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting with 8+ years of AP and general accounting experience. CPA a plus.Strong accounting/analytical skills and attention to detail.Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing priorities.Self-motivated.Strong practical knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft office solutions. Strong communication skills.Comfortable prioritizing multiple work streams across daily responsibilities and long-term projects.Must be team oriented; enjoys working with colleagues at all levels of the organization.Experience with Sage Intacct, Bill.com a plus.

Expected Salary Range: $ 100,000 - 125,000 annual

What You’ll Love About Beacon Unlimited PTO - This isn’t your typical unlimited PTO plan. All employees take at least 20 days off a year. After that? Take the time off you need to strike the perfect work/life balance for you.10 paid company holidays401k plan with matching contributionsCharitable donation matchingAccess to Udemy - An online learning and teaching marketplace with over 185,000 courses. Learn programming, marketing, and data science, or brush up on your public speaking and writing skills. Startup Culture - Our employees have a voice and can make a big impact across the organization. A lot of people in large companies don’t feel connected to what they’re doing and feel like they’re put in a box. Here you will have the freedom to be creative and innovative. We’re looking for smart, driven people to help us reach the next level.

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