Accounting, General Ledger

About Primer

Fixing our K-12 education system is a civilizationally-important problem. We believe that all of our problems — including the ones that dominate the headlines — are downstream of education.

We have a simple thesis on how to solve it: empower 1,000's of educators to launch microschools in their communities.

We believe the historical tradeoff between price (tuition) and quality is a false dichotomy.

PrimerOS automates and eliminates much of the costs of traditional schools. Microschools have a structural advantage — asset-light real estate — which means much lower capex and opex. You put it together, and you get something that's never existed before: a world-class education that's accessible to normal American families and can rapidly scale.

This high-impact role will support Primer’s Head of Finance and Controller in the accurate maintenance of the Company’s financial books, records, and accounting policies.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience as an in-house accounting professional; experience in capex-heavy environment preferred but not required; experience working with venture-backed companies preferred but not required

• A completed university degree in accounting; CPA (or similar international charter) preferred but not required

• Comprehensive familiarity with GAAP accounting; advanced proficiency in revenue accounting is a plus but not required 

• Dedication to our mission + the role: you should love accounting and be inspired by our mission of helping advance K-8 education

• Ability to pass an international background check and provide satisfactory references

• Proficiency in common financial management platforms (i.e., NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, MS Excel, etc.)

Key responsibilities include:

• The core responsibility of the Accounting Associate will be to support the company’s month-end close procedures and maintenance of associated workpapers in accordance with GAAP and best practices

• You will, through partnership with our facilities team, support the company’s fixed asset schedules and preparation of associated workpapers (depreciation, capex, etc.); experience with capital asset tracking software a plus but not required

• You will coordinate with our Revenue / Receivables team to drive a timely, precise cash applications motion

• Perform bank reconciliations and support the Company’s month-end direct and indirect allocations exercises

• You will enforce appropriate expense classification, accrual, and booking against the company’s chart of accounts. Occasionally, this will involve providing education to team members on how to classify expenses in our payables tool

• Interface with our accounts payable team to ensure appropriate classification of expenses and enforce best practices

If this sounds like you, fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and we'll take it from there! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us at jobs@primer.com.