What does it mean to be a Staff Accountant within the Escalon team?
This is a directly mentored position, ideal for an early career accountant.
The primary objective of this role is to learn to oversee enterprise accounting and provide financial information about client company’s activities that will assist the client and its shareholders in making economic company decisions. This position is proactive and solution oriented, offering depth of experience to our clients in the fast-paced world of start-up accounting.
What You’ll Do: The Staff Accountant will assist with enabling functional initiatives, support the establishment of our delivery model, and develop a deeper sense of community within our teams and with our clients, in the fast-paced world of start-up accounting.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities also include: - Carry a client load with primary responsibility and ownership for engagement level relationships
- Assist with overseeing the activities of the accounting department for clients - accurate and timely dissemination of financial management reporting including, but not limited to, internal and monthly external financial statements. This includes compliance with GAAP and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Create and nurture partnerships across functional roles within our organization including our OneShore team located in India
- Review and approve client compliance schedule
- Review and oversee client onboarding process to ensure we meet and exceed client expectations
- Review and Approve Client Accounting Policies & Procedures, including Accounting/ERP system selection/implementation, Setup Cash Flow, Capitalization Policy, Prepaid Expense Policy, New Initiatives
- Managing of finance relationships with Vendors, Banks, Corporate Credit Cards, and Merchant Processors
- Overseeing tax return process, facilitating requests from our tax team
- Audit (if required) including Managing audit process and facilitating requests from audit firm
What You'll Bring
Must Haves: - Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, or related field
- 1-5 years of accounting experience in a fast-paced environment
- Sophisticated depth of communication, analytical, and time management skills
- Ability to be a trusted advisor to our clients
- Ability to multi-task efficiently from a remote work environment
- Maintain high attention to detail and strict deadlines
Nice to Haves:
Why You’ll Enjoy Working at Escalon:
We offer a variety of health benefits, all available on the first day of the month following employment with us, to keep you and your family feeling fit and well.
- Medical, Dental and Vision options
- Life and Disability
- STD/LTD
- 10 Paid holidays each year
- Flexible PTO
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Incentive compensation
If you are hired at Escalon, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, skill set, years of experience, and the employee’s geographic location. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer.
Escalon is an equal opportunity employer
More about us:
What does it mean to be a part of the Escalon team? For nearly two decades Escalon has helped more than 5,000 companies across a range of industries to optimize their back-office processes. At Escalon, we deliver Essential Business Services to organizations so that owners and leaders can focus on the core of their business while Escalon takes care of the rest. We call it Escalon, And Done! Escalon’s simple and intuitive technology and outsourcing solutions significantly reduce the administrative costs and time needed to perform FinOps, PeopleOps, and Risk “back-office” services. “And done” is our simple way to describe how we deliver high-quality, exceptional service to our clients. We’re looking for motivated and goal-driven team members who can do what it takes to make a company great. The reward is an exciting, flexible and creative environment with opportunities for professional and personal growth. As our name indicates, working at Escalon is taking the step on the ladder to long-term career growth and ultimately meeting your personal career goals. If you share the Escalon values of free exchange of ideas, respect for differences and a keen focus on well-being we want to hear from you!
