Staff Accountant

Datassential is a leading global intelligence platform for the food and beverage industry. Leveraging billions of data points and cutting-edge AI, we provide a suite of innovative solutions that empower more than 90% of the world's largest food and beverage brands to develop, market, and sell their products more effectively.

Based in Chicago, USA, Datassential has expanded its global reach through strategic acquisitions of CHD Expert (France) in 2022 and Brizo Data, Inc. (Canada) in 2025. In 2024, we secured investment from top-tier private equity firms New Mountain Capital and Endicott Capital—a milestone that fuels our accelerated product roadmap and strengthens our research and development, enabling us to deliver even greater value to our clients.

Our remote-first, globally distributed team thrives on diverse perspectives and deep expertise in the food and beverage space. Food brings people together—and at Datassential's table, there's room for everyone.

We're hiring a Staff Accountant to own core general ledger work across our US and international entities: cash, fixed assets, intangible assets, prepaids, and payroll and benefits. You'll book transactions, prepare reconciliations and journal entries, and finish your tasks by each close deadline in Sage Intacct and Flo Qast. This role needs hands-on US GAAP accounting experience. Over your first six months, you'll also start learning revenue accounting alongside our Senior Revenue Accountant.

Using AI tools to help automate your reconciliations is part of the job. This role is remote within the US, and candidates need to work Eastern or Central time zone hours.

You’ll work in a multi-entity, multi-country close and work directly with the Controller, the Accounting Manager, and the Senior Revenue Accountant. You’ll own your areas across every entity, and you’ll have room to improve how recurring work gets done, including with automation and AI tools. You’ll also pick up revenue accounting, including ASC 606 and Sage Intacct Contracts.

You have 2-3 years of US GAAP accounting experience in a corporate role, and you tie out your reconciliations. You check your work, meet your deadlines, and ask questions early. You take review feedback well. You’d rather improve a process than repeat it, and you're curious about automation and AI tools. You're eager to learn revenue accounting. Experience at a SaaS or private equity-backed company is a plus.

• Book cash transactions and prepare bank reconciliations for all US and international entities.
• Record fixed asset transactions and reconcile fixed assets for all entities.
• Reconcile intangible assets.
• Prepare prepaid reconciliations and journal entries for all entities.
• Prepare payroll and benefits reconciliations and journal entries for all entities.
• Complete your close tasks in Flo Qast and Sage Intacct by each deadline. The Accounting Manager reviews your entries and reconciliations.
• Clear reconciling items and answer review and audit questions.
• Use AI tools to help automate your reconciliations and other recurring close tasks, and check the output before it goes to review.
• Keep looking for ways to improve the process with AI and automation, and document the processes you own.
• In your first six months, learn Sage Intacct and begin revenue accounting: shadow the Senior Revenue Accountant, sync basic contracts from Salesforce to Sage Intacct, and prepare a deferred revenue reconciliation for a smaller international entity.

• 2-3 years of hands-on US GAAP accounting experience in a corporate accounting role.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Hands-on experience preparing account reconciliations and journal entries, and…