Staff Accountant - GL & Payroll, GAAP Focus in Tech
Listed on 2026-07-14
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Accounting
Financial Reporting, Payroll, Accounting Manager
About Iru
Iru is the AI-powered security & IT platform used by the world’s fastest-growing companies to secure their users, apps, and devices. Built for the AI era, Iru unifies identity & access, endpoint security & management, and compliance automation—collapsing the stack and giving IT & security time and control back.
Iru is backed by some of the smartest investors in tech—General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, and First Round Capital. In July 2024, Iru raised $100 million from General Catalyst, valuing the company at $850 million. Customers include Cursor, Vercel, Lovable, Replit, and Mercor, and Iru partners with industry leaders such as Service Now and AWS. Iru was named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers 2025 list for employee engagement and satisfaction.
Staff Accountant
We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join our Finance team with a primary focus on General Ledger accounting and Payroll oversight. This role will own critical areas of the month-end close process, ensure payroll accuracy and compliance, and maintain the integrity of financial reporting.
The ideal candidate is technically strong in GAAP, comfortable working cross-functionally (especially with HR and People teams), and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• General Ledger (GL) Accounting
• Lead key aspects of the month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare, review, and post complex journal entries (accruals, payroll entries, reclasses, intercompany).
• Prepare and maintain assigned balance sheet reconciliations, researching and resolving reconciling items.
• Analyze financial results and provide variance explanations to management.
• Support consolidated reporting and multi-entity accounting, as applicable.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal accounting policies.
• Drive process improvements and automation within the GL function.
• Payroll Accounting & Oversight
• Partner with HR/People Operations to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing (multi-state and/or multi-entity preferred).
• Coordinate global payroll inputs and validate payroll reports to ensure completeness and accuracy including wages, bonuses, commissions, equity compensation, and deductions.
• Maintain payroll supporting documentation and audit trails for each payroll cycle, ensuring all inputs, approvals, and calculations are properly documented and retained. Prepare payroll journal entries and own reconciliation of payroll-related accounts (wages and variable compensation payable, tax liabilities, benefits accruals, equity compensation, and 401k contributions).
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
• Assist with year-end reporting including W-2s and related payroll filings.
• Support audits related to payroll, benefits, and compensation.
Benefits & Perks
Competitive salary
Hybrid work environment (3 days in office per week)
100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage
401(K) with a 4% company match
20 days PTO
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