Senior Accountant, GL Accounting

Our Mission
ButterflyMX is on a mission to empower people to automate property access, operations, and security from a single platform. Our products are installed in more than 20,000+ multifamily, commercial, gated communities, and student-housing properties worldwide, including properties developed, owned, and managed by the most trusted names in real estate. Our features are designed for developers, owners, property managers, and tenants, and our products lower operating costs and improve tenant satisfaction.

Our Solution

Developers and owners no longer need to run building wiring or install in-unit hardware. Property managers can grant building access, revoke permissions, and review entry logs from an online dashboard. Residents can open doors from their smartphones, issue visitor access, and see who is trying to enter the building.

Our Culture & Values

Fantastic people are the key to our success. As a distributed, primarily remote workforce, we’re looking for more intelligent, passionate, collaborative, ai-forward, and down-to-earth individuals to join our growing team. We’re driven by a shared commitment to excellence and innovation, grounded in our core values: We delight our customers, We take ownership, We are a community of collaborators, We speak up, We think big and do small, and We are tenacious.

We are seeking a Senior Accountant, GL Accounting, who is a self-starter on tasks assigned and a team player to help with our month-end close processes. This person will report to the Accounting Manager. An ideal candidate should have a solid understanding of US GAAP and accounting for revenue recognition, AR, deferred revenue, inventory/COGS, AP/accrued expenses, prepaids, and fixed assets.

This person should have hands-on experience of performing various month-end close tasks, including journal entry preparation, BS reconciliations, P&L variance analyses and financial reporting. This person should be able to maintain good documentation on managed areas and conduct continuous improvements on current processes procedures. This person should be able to collaborate well with other teams, such as AP, AR, Business Systems, FP&A, Inventory Management and Operations when needed.

This position is remote in the US and has a 10% travel requirement to the NYC office when needed. We prefer candidates who can work in the eastern time zone.

Responsibilities

• Own preparation tasks during month-end close: prepare journal entries with solid JE support, BS reconciliations, supporting schedules for financial reporting and documents for audit requests.

• Perform month-over-month BS and P&L analyses and provide good explanations on large variances. Identify missing revenue or expenses and determine whether to accrue for that item.

• Maintain good documentation on managed areas in accordance with US GAAP.

• Prepare documents for audit requests, assist with answering questions from the auditors to ensure a smooth and expedited audit annually.

• Streamline processes, identify inefficiencies in current processes, collaborate with the Accounting Manager and the Controller on solutions to those inefficiencies.

• Collaborate with the Accounting Manager and the Controller in establishing and implementing internal controls and accounting policies.

• Research US GAAP technical accounting topics as needed.

• Manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines with strong attention to detail and accuracy. Keep the Accounting Manager and the Controller posted on issues identified and brainstorm solutions with them.

• Open to learning new systems, open to new tasks and challenges, eager to learn.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. CPA is preferred. This position is open to candidates who are in the process of getting a CPA license. Both the Accounting Manager and the Controller are active CPAs and can sign off on licensing.

• 2-3 years of experience in accounting, either in industry accounting (GL), in public accounting (audit), or mixed. Accounting experience in SaaS companies preferred.

• Extensive hands-on experience in month-end close tasks, such as preparing journal entries, preparing BS reconciliations, preparing support schedules for the financial statements and the audits, and maintain process and procedure documentation.

• Strong attention to detail and sense of ownership and responsibility on managed areas.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent project management skills, strong ability to prioritize tasks to achieve objectives under tight or competing deadlines.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with imperfect processes.

• Ability to work independently as a self-starter without close supervision.

• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with other people in the Accounting Department and people outside of Accounting on larger initiatives and projects.

• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills.

• Prior experience with Sage Intacct (ERP), Ramp (expense management), Nominal (close management), Tesorio (billings and collections), and/or Salesforce (CRM) is preferred. Adaptable to new systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans (ButterflyMX covers 80% of the cost) starting day 1

• 401(k) plan with a match

• 10 paid holidays, 20 vacation days, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays

• Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)

• Short- and Long-Term Disability (ButterflyMX covers 100% of the cost)

• Paid Family Leave

• Employee Assistance Program

• Quarterly self-care stipends

• Access to optional benefits including pre-tax flexible healthcare spending accounts (FSA and HSA), Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits, as well as optional Supplemental Life, AD&D, Hospital Indemnity, Legal, Accident, Critical Illness, Pet, and Personal Liability Insurance

• And more!

ButterflyMX is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You must have the authorization to work in the US to become an employee. We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates and employees. If you need reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please let our recruiting team know.