Natural Language Processing; NLP Engineer

Staff/Senior Accountant (Remote)

Location: Chicago (Remote) – Bench Prep is fully remote.

Bench Prep delivers advanced, flexible learning experiences for certification, credentialing, and more. With a cloud‑based platform that serves nearly 11 million learners, Bench Prep helps training organizations, associations, and enterprises deliver engaging learning experiences.

You will play a pivotal role in our finance team, maintaining accurate financial records, preparing reports, analyzing data, and ensuring regulatory compliance. You will contribute to budgeting, forecasting, audits, and process improvements, supporting our financial health and strategic decision‑making.

• Manage accounting functions including account reconciliations, journal entries, AR, AP, and billing.
• Analyze and review company expenditures to confirm proper allocation of expenses.
• Review transactions for GAAP compliance and company policies.
• Analyze billing transactions for revenue recognition.
• Review general ledger accounts and post monthly, quarterly, and year‑end accruals.
• Assist in building financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) and budget variance analysis.
• Assist in design and preparation of budgets for management review.
• Prepare year‑end schedules for annual tax returns.
• Identify ways to improve accounting processes and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA preferred.
• 3–5 years of staff accounting experience (or 5–8 years of senior accounting/auditing experience).
• Public accounting experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of financial statement preparation, GAAP, and revenue recognition.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Detail‑oriented with excellent organizational skills and deadline focus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with accounting systems such as Net Suite, Intacct, Quick Books highly preferred.

• We are an equal‑opportunity employer valuing diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected categories.
• We offer medical and ancillary benefits, potential yearly bonus, stipends for work‑from‑home expenses, flexible paid time off (unlimited PTO), professional development stipend, and competitive base salary.
• The salary range for this position is $65,000–$85,000, based on Chicago market data.

This role is remote, and Bench Prep is supportive of continuous learning and professional growth opportunities.

Are you excited about leveraging technology to impact millions of learners? Join us.