Lead Accountant / Associate Accounting Manager Job at Virtual in La Jolla

About Vaco:  Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search, and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business.                               
                
About the Company:  Publicly Traded SaaS Company
Title: Lead Accountant/Associate Accounting Manager
 
Location: San Diego - Hybrid
 
Salary: $120-145k + Bonus + RSUs
 
Description: The ideal candidate will have the ability to collaborate and lead across multiple functions and roles, possess strong accounting foundations, leverage data backed analytics to instill confidence and identify opportunities for growth.
 
Responsibilities:

• End-to-end operational, financial, and systemic environment and key upstream and downstream processes that drive financial and customer impacts.
• Responsible for applying, enforcing and executing the Company's accounting & operational policies as it relates to the role.
• Analysis to support reserves ranging from bad debt to contra-revenue
• Work closely with business unit partners, accounting leads and internal/external auditors on accounting matters.
• Comfortable working with cross functional teams in order to understand company offerings and implement accounting models that properly account for both assets & liabilities according to accounting principles and company policy.
• Streamline analytics & operational capabilities to ensure efficient & accurate accounting results.
• Month and quarter end close process and related responsibilities for the accounting department.
• Prepare and maintain reports / schedules for senior management, prepare schedules requested by internal and external auditors. 

 
Qualifications:

• 7+ years of technical accounting experience with accruals, journal entries, and account reconciliations, with experience in the lending field
• CPA preferred
• BS or BA Degree preferred or equivalent work experience
• Ability to interpret and present technical accounting details in lay terms to non-accounting business partners
• Strong technical (GAAP) and financial accounting skills and ability to document accounting conclusions in a technical white paper
• Public accounting or large public company experience strongly preferred
• Large accounting software package expertise (Oracle financials, etc).