Legora

Senior Accountant

New York City. Posted 16 days ago

The role

A Senior Accountant will help scale the accounting function by owning key accounting areas and improving processes. This person will support monthly and quarterly close, reporting, and audit processes.

What you will do

  • Own and support key aspects of the monthly and quarterly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis
  • Manage assigned operational accounting areas such as cash, accruals, payroll, capitalized commissions, fixed assets, or revenue-related balances
  • Prepare financial analyses and reporting packages for Finance leadership and FP&A
  • Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between accounting results, forecasts, and business drivers
  • Improve and automate close processes, internal controls, and reporting workflows
  • Maintain accounting policies, procedures, and documentation in accordance with US GAAP
  • Support audit and review processes by preparing documentation and responding to auditor inquiries
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to support business initiatives and ensure accurate financial reporting

Required qualifications

  • 6+ years of progressive accounting experience in high-growth or dynamic environments
  • Experience from a technology and/or scale-up start-up environment
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP and general accounting processes
  • Hands-on experience supporting month-end close and financial reporting
  • Detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable owning work end to end
  • Strong communicator who collaborates well across Finance and the business

Nice to have

  • Big 4 or high-growth technology company experience
  • CPA or other accounting certification
  • Experience with NetSuite, FloQast, or similar tools
  • Exposure to revenue or product accounting
  • Interest in automation, systems, and AI-enabled workflows

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Multiple medical plan options via Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
  • HSA or Healthcare FSA
  • Dental plans via MetLife
  • Vision plans via Vision Care
  • Generous parental leave
  • Free access to Maven Clinic
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Life Insurance + STD/LTD
  • 401(K) with generous company match

About the company

Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals. The company has 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to $200M+ in ARR.