Senior Accountant

HappyCo is a company where people can grow their careers and work with like minded people, with no egos or politics. HappyCo is values driven and offers a flexible, supportive culture. Join HappyCo and Make Work Happy!
The PositionWe’re looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join our growing finance team. The senior accountant's responsibilities include maintaining financial records and reports, performing account reconciliations, assisting with monthly close processes, assisting with payroll and contractor payments, conducting internal audits and maintaining appropriate financial documentation.
This role is a 100% US-Remote role; however, in order to effectively collaborate with team members effectively candidates located within the US Pacific time zone are preferred.

During your first 1-2 weeks, you will:

• Get to know the finance team, your manager and our leadership, culture, and values
• Complete our HappyCo orientation and onboarding program
• Begin to learn our financial software (Xero, Airbase/ Brex, SaaSOptics)
• Be introduced to EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System)
• Attend your first Company Wide Meeting and Department Meeting

During your first 6-8 weeks, you will:

• Get acquainted with the different departments
• Learn our processes for A/R, A/P, and month end close
• Learn more about HappyCo products and services
• Gather information from various parts of the business to support reporting needs of the business
• Learn our payroll and contractor payment processes

During your first 6-12 months you will:

• Lead month end process
• Add efficiencies and written processes to the Finance Team
• Assist in fully utilizing NetSuite and financial software to meet departmental goals
• Assist in the company audit 

What we think you need to be successful:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance and 5+ years of accounting experience 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of GAAP
• Exceptional numeracy, analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills
• Strong organization skills and high attention to detail  
• Experience with: Different reporting systems - to be able to adapt and contribute as we move towards streamlining and simplifying company financial reporting; NetSuite; Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts, while ensuring compliance with GAAP; Preparing journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and assisting with monthly close processes; and Performing monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Proven expertise in: Contributing to the development and review of accounting policies and processes; Meeting processing and reporting deadlines; and Responding to information requests, reviewing financial statements, and assisting with audits
• Canadian payroll experience is desirable

Keys to optimum happiness at HappyCo:

• Pushing forward in ambiguity while striving for clarity
• Prioritizing for sustained impact vs helping in the moment
• Empowering teams instead of enforcing standards
• Be a proactive contributor to team culture, with a strong growth mindset
• Experience and understanding of early-stage scale-ups and the challenges they face
• Experience within the multifamily residential property industry desirable

Our Benefits++Work from anywhere!++Opportunity to work for one of the fastest growing technology companies in the PropTech industry++Generous paid parental leave++Unlimited time off++Monthly stipends to support Wellness and Home Office expenses
Find out more about our US Employee Benefits on our careers page.
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About HappyCo Founded in 2011, HappyCo (happy.co) builds mobile and cloud solutions to enable real-time property data. Our flagship product suite 'Happy Property’ has 2.7M units on its platform and has captured more than 270 million photos.  We’re everyday people with a shared purpose — improving people’s lives. Our team is made up of thinkers, talkers, planners, makers, builders and everything in between. Together, we’re turning our passions into happier communities!  When customers use our software, their communities get stronger. Our tools empower everyone in multifamily property management to improve their operations and maximize returns, which means they’re building better experiences for their residents. When property people are happy, we’re happy. That’s why we’re HappyCo. Learn more about our Product Vision here!
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