What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Sectigo?
Who We Are:
At Sectigo, we align around our mission and pride ourselves in helping thousands of customers sleep better at night
.
“When people think Online trust management, they think Sectigo because we offer our customers unparalleled peace of mind
.”
How we show up with each other and our customers every day is just as important, and we win as #OneSectigo by living out our core values - Support, Excellence, Collaboration, Teamwork, Integrity, Growth and Openness. We are committed to investing in our diverse teams where everyone understands their role and how they support our strategic goals, we drive operational excellence through scale and efficiency, and we strive to delight our customers and become the market leader in our industry. If you aspire to join a driven team that holds each other accountable to meeting our lofty goals and you’d like to be part of our growth story in delivering a market leading user experience, we’d like to talk to y
ou.
What We Are Looking
For:
The Staff Accountant will carry out full-cycle accounting and closing duties, such as preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, corporate credit card expense reporting, multi-currency transactions for international subsidiaries, conducting internal review and reporting tasks, and supporting annual audits. This experienced accountant should have strong proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (especially advanced Excel skills), strong communication skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally with internal and external teams on accounting-related projects and tasks. This position also requires strong time-management skills and the ability to perform with quality and efficiency against deadlines, adhering to US accounting standards and the company’s standard operating procedures (S
OPs).
This full-time and hybrid position will work from our Scottsdale, Arizona office at least 3 days on weekly
basis.
What You’ll Be
Doing:
Responsible for various closing tasks within the full-cycle accounting process in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with closing timelines and lender deliv
erables.Recording journal entries for accounting-related bank activities and completing bank reconciliations across multi-currency, international companies within the accounting ERP system. Coordinating weekly with team members to ensure completeness of all bank activity entries throughout th
e month.Preparing and posting month-end journal entries, including, but not limited to, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intangibles and depreciation/amortization recognition, deferred expense accounting under US GAAP, multi-currency trial balance imports for subsidiaries, recording of foreign exchange on multi-currency ledgers, and corporate travel and card expense
entries.Coordinating with the global team to reconcile for variances within multi-entity, multi-currency intercompany transactions on the general
ledger.Ensuring all assigned schedules are accurate and consistently maintained, including various balance sheet reconciliations, in accordance with the closing timeline and respective deadlines eac
h month.Supports the full Accounting Team as well as the FP&A Team in monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews of financial statements, including research and reconciling of variances or fluctuations on the general
ledger.Supporting Interim and Annual Audit engagements for US GAAP, UK GAAP and Tax Returns by providing requested schedules, reconciliations, journal entry support, or explanation/walkthroughs of pr
ocesses.Reviewing and auditing expense reports for receipts and proper coding, including travel and entertainment as well as journal entries for all corporate card transactions. Partnering with Procurement on implementing process improvements to streamline processing and workflows of expenses and corporate card accounting eac
h month.Maintaining all process documentation on respective duties, as well as actively supporting various process improvements, streamlining of procedures and other critical p
rojects.Assisting with various other ad-hoc requests from management, FP&A, tax team, and third-party accounting firms in support of internal reporting needs and statutory deliv
erables.
This is an individual contributor position, reporting to our Senior Manager, Ac
counting.
Req
uirements
:
EducationBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related business discipline i
s required
- .ExperienceMinimum of 3 years of current accounting
- experience.Must be able to demonstrate a fundamental knowledge of US accounting standards and supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedu
- res (SOPs).Must have prior experience working in a multi-entity environment, preferably with exposure to international, multi-currency org
- anizations.SaaS industry experience, or related industry/organizational environment is
- preferred.Strong understanding of US accounting principles and SO
X controls.
Talents and Desired Qua
- lifications:
Strength and proficiency with accounting ERP systems, such as Microsoft Dynamics Business Centra - l or similar.Ability to leverage and implement new technologies, tools, and platforms within the accounting function to support system
- improvements.Must have outstanding work ethic and eagerness to learn and grow within the organization. There will be ample opportunity to take on more responsibilities as the
- role evolves.Consistency in carrying out processes with extreme accuracy and efficiency is critical for this role as we adapt to process changes and improvements while adhering to timely reporti
- ng deadlines.Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Excellent time-management skills, planning, and organizat
- ional skills.Excellent verbal and written communication skills; eagerness to present ideas, offer up solutions for process improvements, and communicate effectively
- is critical.Must be able to multi-task with multiple deadlines and objectives at once, such as managing the daily routine tasks, closing timelines and duties, and cross-departmental or third-party requests within