Staff Accountant

Job Details Job Location
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Watson Furniture Group - Poulsbo, WA Position Type
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Full Time Education Level
: 2 Year Degree Salary Range
: $26.00 - $32.00 Hourly Travel Percentage
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None Job Shift
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Day Job Category
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Accounting Description

At Watson,we’reproud of our people, our craft, and our workplace solutions. For over 50 years,we’vedesigned and built award-winning, sustainable furniture for some of the most forward-thinking companies in the world. Butthemagic behind our success?

It’sour people- andthat’swhere you come in.

We’relooking for a detail-driven, systems-curious Staff Accountant who loves turning complexity into clarity. A major part of this role is owning and championing our entire payroll workflow,ensuring accuracy, consistency, compliance, and clean data flow from start to finish. Youdon’tneed decades of experience; what matters most is your willingness to learn, your natural instincts for accuracy, and your drive to make accounting and payroll processes smoother, clearer, and more human.

Thisisn’ta “heads down in spreadsheets all day” role.

It’sa chance to build thoughtful processes, support month-end close, ensure payroll integrity, and help the Accounting team run with precision.

You’llpartner with colleagues across the business, bringing clarity, consistency, and calm to the numbers that keep Watson moving.

Welcome to The Orchard

Please note:

This role islocatedat

TheOrchardour breathtaking Pacific Northwest workplace in Poulsbo, Washington.

The Orchard is more than just a campus.

It’sa living, breathing reflection of who we are surrounded by towering Douglasfirs, winding walking trails, and mountain views that make every day feel inspired.

It’salso whereyou’llfind dogs wagging their tails down the hallways, team membersgathering forourmonthly BBQs, and spontaneous brainstorming sessions that turn into real change.

We believe in investing ingrowthyours and ours. We provide learning and development opportunities that help you stretch your skills, explore new ideas, and turn curiosity into capability.

• Owning end-to-end payroll accuracy from data validation to reconciliation to final journal entries.
• Ensuring hours, pay types, classifications, deductions, and taxes are correct and compliant before each payroll runs.
• Partnering closely with Paycom tomaintainaccuratecodes, workflows, and system data.
• Serving as the central pointof contact for payroll questions and troubleshooting across Watson.
• Monitoring payroll outputs for accuracy and alignment with company policies.
• Maintaining and documenting payroll processes to ensure clarity, continuity, and compliance.

• Process daily and weekly accounting tasks including check deposits, ACH processing, and GL coding.
• Prepare standardjournal entriesandreconciliationsfor month-end close.
• Perform credit card coding, reconciliation, and issue resolution.
• Support sales tax calculations and filings.

• Ask thoughtful questions —Why does this look this way? Does this make sense?
• Maintainaccuratefinancial records and documentation.
• Support internal audits and compliance reviews.
• Identify opportunities to streamline, clarify, and enhance accounting and payroll workflows.
• Assist with system improvements across Paycom, Salesforce, Frontier, ERP, Divvy, Avid, and related tools.

• Serve as backup for Accounts Receivable when needed.
• Partner with the Accounting and HR teams to improve payroll clarity and cross-departmental communication.
• Help implement new processes and financial controls.

• Someone who has a general understanding of accounting principles.
• Someone with an accounting AA or equivalent experience.
• Someone with some hands-on accounting experience (and we value experience over schooling when itmatters).
• Someone with strong reconciliation skills and a natural instinctfor accuracy.
• Someone who internally asks,Doesthis make sense?anddigsdeeper when something looks off.
• Someone attentive to detail and committed to doing things right.
• Someone who handles sensitive payroll and financial information with impeccable…