Senior Staff Accountant
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listed on 2026-11-01
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Accounting
Financial Reporting, Senior Accountant, Accounting & Finance
About Karbon
Karbon is the global leader in AI-powered practice management software for accounting firms. We provide an award-winning cloud platform that helps tens of thousands of accounting professionals work more efficiently and collaboratively every day. With customers in 40 countries, we have grown into a globally distributed team across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, growing rapidly, and have a people-first culture that is recognized with Great Place To Work® certification and on Fortune magazine’s Best Small Workplaces™ List.
About the Role!We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Senior Staff Accountant. This person will be a critical member of a Finance/Accounting team that will help scale the company by building and fostering key business partnerships across the organization. In order to succeed in this position, you will be a team player, a problem solver and passionate about solving business and financial challenges.
The Staff Accountant role is a remote position supporting a global team. Qualified candidates must live in Cebu or Manila. We offer competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth and development.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the month-end close process by preparing journal entries and account reconciliations for completeness and accuracy.
- Perform daily cash reconciliations and report on cash activity and other metrics to Accounting and Finance leaders.
- Process accounts payable vendor invoices and appropriately code and enter them into the accounting system.
- Manage new vendor onboarding and be the primary point of contact for our Company’s vendors.
- Evaluate and identify ways to continuously improve the monthly accounting close process through various system and process enhancements.
- Review monthly credit card statements and prepare associated journal entries.
- Review and process employee expense reports in accordance with the business travel and expense policies.
- Assist with the preparation of documentation and support for external financial statement audits and tax compliance.
- Establish and drive business process and financial system improvements that will enable more efficient financial operations and collaboration within the Company.
- Support and help maintain strong internal control policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to help with ad-hoc projects as required.
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in Accounting
- Demonstrates strong initiative, sound judgment, and creativity
- High-tech industry experience within SaaS
- Knowledge and experience with Net Suite a plus
- Exceptional attention to detail, highly organized, with strong multitasking abilities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy
- Able to thrive in an ambiguous environment
Why work at Karbon?
Industry-leading benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and up to three eligible dependents. Also:
- Work-from-home allowance
- Rice subsidy
- Meal allowance per working day
- Laundry allowance
15 paid time off days per year (which includes 5 Karbon Days per year)
7 Sick leave days per year
Internet and work-from-home subsidy
Discretionary bonus program
Work with (and learn from) a very experienced team
Be part of a startup team that will continue to grow around you
Flexible approach to work environment (we believe in trust and autonomy)
A culture of open communication, consistent feedback, and full transparency into company…
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