Senior Accountant

The role

This Senior Accountant will own month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and revenue accounting. You will support daily accounting operations, audits, tax-related work, and compliance reporting while helping transition from QuickBooks to Campfire.

What you will do

• Own assigned month-end close activities including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and variance analysis
• Maintain accurate accounting for tuition, fees, scholarships, discounts, refunds, student receivables, and deferred revenue
• Investigate revenue and expense variances and prepare schedules for financial statements and management reporting
• Support daily accounting operations across accounts payable, accounts receivable, employee expenses, and the general ledger
• Partner with Student Accounts and Financial Aid to reconcile student-account activity and financial aid receipts
• Support annual audits, tax-related work, and Department of Education reporting
• Support the QuickBooks-to-Campfire migration through data cleanup, account mapping, and testing
• Work across accounting and operational systems including Campfire, Ramp, Rippling, and Carta
• Partner with various teams to resolve coding questions and improve workflows
• Document accounting procedures and controls and propose process improvements

Required qualifications

• 2 - 4 years of hands-on experience in public accounting and/or corporate accounting
• Strong foundation in US GAAP and core financial accounting
• Comfortable preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and investigating discrepancies
• Intermediate Excel or Google Sheets skills including lookups such as VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH, pivot tables, and formulas

Nice to have

• public accounting experience
• CPA license or progress toward the CPA
• familiarity with revenue recognition and deferred revenue
• experience with an accounting or ERP system and AP or expense management tools
• Campfire or ERP migration experience

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) match
• fertility benefits via Carrot
• Flexible Time Away
• paid holidays
• In-office lunches
• dog-friendly New York office
• team social events

Before you apply

• Unable to offer new H-1B visa sponsorship
• Candidates must already be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring new H-1B sponsorship
• Can support H-1B transfers
• Able to sponsor TN visas for eligible Canadian and Mexican citizens

About the company

Campus is a two-year, accredited college that uses a technology platform and a student success model to offer live, online classes. It was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024.