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Senior Accountant (Contract to Hire)

Seesaw

Seesaw

Accounting & Finance
Philippines · Remote
Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2024

About Us:

Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.

Our Mission:

Seesaw’s mission is to provide every elementary student with joyful and connected learning experiences that lay the foundation for success in life.

Your Team:

You will be a key contributor and a teammate on our finance team, which includes CFO, Controller, Senior Accounting Manager (who will be your manager), Junior Accountant, and Accounts Receivable Clerk.

Your Role:

As Seesaw’s Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for General Ledger maintenance, preparing financial reports, accounts reconciliations, assisting with tax queries, audits and new systems implementations. To be successful in this role, a candidate should have a good working knowledge of GAAP, strong analytical and problem solving skills and be excited about working in the accounting department.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Bank Reconciliations assistance on the weekly basis for the operating accounts
  • Recording all expense and revenue transactions during the month close
  • Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and income statement accounts
  • Updating deferred commissions schedules on a quarterly basis
  • Expense fluctuation analysis for the month close to identify unrecorded liabilities
  • Assisting to Controller and Assistant Controller with annual financial statements audit and income tax provision by preparing necessary audit schedules
  • Participate in accounting systems migrations projects
  • Other ad hoc projects as assigned.

Your Requirements:

  • 3+ years of progressively accounting experience
  • Bachelor degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Proficiency in English, both written and verbal is required
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and Google Workplace
  • NetSuite experience will be an asset
  • Strong analytical problem-solving aptitude with creative solutions, ability to organize work with large amounts of information efficiently, manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both in writing and verbally, with management and vendors
  • Able to work as a team player
  • Open to development of skills and knowledge
  • Organized and detail-oriented
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

This is a Non-Exempt position.

Seesaw cares about building a diverse and inclusive team to better advocate for the needs of our incredibly diverse K-12 users.

We prioritize work-life balance and actually walk the walk — we care a lot about our work, but care more about our employee's well-being. We encourage everyone to work at a sustainable pace and have a flexible vacation policy that people actually use.

Seesaw provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity/gender expression/transgender, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, or military or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Seesaw complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Seesaw is committed to protecting your personal data. Learn more about the personal information we collect, how we use it, and how to exercise your rights here: U.S. Privacy Notice.

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