Senior Accountant

Seesaw; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 378,000 - 421,000; Full time

Job summary

A global educational platform in Malaysia is looking for a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to join their finance team. This role involves maintaining accurate financial records, supporting month-end closes, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of accounting experience and a solid understanding of US GAAP. This position offers a competitive salary range of $90,000-$100,000 and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Equity options

Comprehensive benefits package

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and general accounting practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot system errors and complexities.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Assist with the preparation of financial statements and management reports.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical mindset

Organizational skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

CPA preferred

Tools

Netsuite

Salesforce

Advanced Excel skills

Job description

Overview

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 advisor to the finance team, which includes the Controller (who will be your manager) and CFO

Your Role: We are looking for a detail-oriented and motivated Senior Accountant to join our finance team. In this role, you will play a critical part in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting month-end close, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You will also partner with cross-functional teams to provide insights that support decision-making and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Assist with the preparation of financial statements and management reports in accordance with GAAP.
• Maintain prepaid expense schedules, fixed assets schedules and depreciation records.
• Assist with audits (internal and external) by preparing schedules and providing documentation.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, strengthen controls, and improve efficiency.
• Stay current on accounting standards, regulations, and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA preferred
• 3-5+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Solid understanding of US GAAP and general accounting practices.
• Experience with Netsuite, Salesforce and advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot system errors and complexities
• Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Compensation & Benefits

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry. Salary is just one part of our total compensation package that includes equity, perks & benefits, and development opportunities at Seesaw. Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity relative to other Seesawers. It is our expectation that the majority of candidates who are offered roles at Seesaw will land well within our salary ranges based on these factors.

The hiring range for this position is $90,000-$100,000

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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