Staff Accountant

Who We Are: Founded in 2015, Mursion is an online simulation studio that allows teams to practice conversations in order to perfect communications and improve effectiveness. Musion’s proprietary technology combines the non-judgmental aspects of an avatar with authentic human mannerisms and responses. Our simulations are used globally by professionals across industries to practice complex interpersonal skills in an environment that is both safe and authentic. Mursion promotes a unique culture where individuals are able to be adventurous in the pursuit of improving human interactions. Ideal candidates at Mursion are team-players, comfortable working across remote teams and distributed environments, and invested in the idea that, through practice, teams can learn to be more effective and empathic communicators.

Who We Want: We seek talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission to leverage technology to improve communication and effectiveness in the workplace, and who are motivated to help Mursion lead a new solution category for improving business communication through simulation-based practice. We value empathy, curiosity, and constant improvement both in our internal operations and when working with partners and clients. Our employees are most successful when they employ strong collaboration skills, skilled communications, a problem-solving orientation, and demonstrate comfort in an evolving and fast-paced startup environment.

Position Overview:

The Staff Accountant is responsible for assisting with and processing accounting activities related to AP payments, prepaids and expenses, AR and billing, commissions, fixed assets, month-end closing and reconciliations, and other accounting-related activities as needed.

The ideal candidate will have an intermediate understanding of GAAP accounting principles and procedures and experience with NetSuite software. They will also be able to work independently to ensure that all tasks are completed accurately and on time.

This is a full-time, fully-remote, salaried position reporting to the Corporate Controller. The compensation package for this position includes a base annual salary range of 90K - $100K and bonus eligibility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process AP Vendor payments and related banking activities, and manage the AP Inbox corresponding appropriately and in a timely professional manner.
• Support the month-end closing process for expenses and COGS, reviewing that expected/invoices have been either processed or are scheduled to be accrued into the correct fiscal period of benefit in accordance with GAAP.
• Monitor Prepaid expenses and reporting to see that expenses are properly tracked, reconciled, and amortized into the correct period of benefit in accordance with GAAP.
• Reconcile the corporate credit card accounts, payments and reporting, and verify that all charges are authorized and properly documented.
• Review Expense reports and reimbursements to see that all Expense reports are submitted on time and that all expenses are reimbursed in accordance with company policy.
• Support Billing operations and invoice Clients in a timely manner based on approved Sales Orders, and manage all Client portals and communications and ensure their Purchase Orders are correctly captured for billing purposes.
• Monitor the AR email inbox and lead AR Collection activities with appropriate Client communications and internal escalations for additional support.
• Appy Daily cash receipts against Client invoices and ensure all system Billing is accurate and correct at all times.
• Generate the month-end Revenue Recognition journal entries for all Clients and appropriately reflect transactions on both the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for deferred revenue and unbilled AR.
• Maintain and calculate the monthly/quarterly Sales Commission model for payouts and liability record-keeping for any qualified sales activities, and assist with any Sales Commission plan changes as needed.
• Support month-end closing activities and reconciliations for expenses and prepaids, bank accounts, credit cards, payroll journal entries, commission journal entries, fixed assets management, and other financial statement closing activities and journals.
• Provide accurate AP & AR Aging reports as needed and for our monthly bank compliance reporting.
• Support the Annual Audit by fulfilling reports and requests for information as instructed by the Controller when needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• University degree in any subject or business.
• 2+ years of experience in accounts payable management.
• 2+ years of experience with billing operations and AR management.