Senior US Accountant: AI-Driven Close & Team Lead

Private Advertiser; Makati; Remote; PHP 900,000 - 1,200,000; Part time

Job summary

Private Advertiser is seeking a senior accountant for an independent contractor role to own the close for a portfolio of clients, review work, and lead a small team. You will own the close for a set of clients, review and manage a small team, run projects from start to finish, and help automate manual parts of accounting.

You will work directly with founders and finance teams, ensure US GAAP compliance, and mentor staff while delivering high-quality financial reporting for US startups and small

Qualifications

• 4 or more years in accounting, with at least 2 in an accounting firm, audit or multi-client role.
• Experience reviewing other people’s work and mentoring staff.
• Solid US GAAP: accruals, revenue recognition, prepaids, fixed assets and leases.
• Advanced QuickBooks Online. Experience with payroll and spend platforms like Gusto and Ramp.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets. You build workbooks with linked formulas, not typed-in numbers.
• Comfortable running several client closes at once and hitting deadlines.
• Clear, simple written English.
• Being proactive to finding solutions to problems.
• Strong communication skills
• Professional skepticism. When something does not tie, you find out why instead of forcing it.

Responsibilities

• Prepare: Own the monthly close for a portfolio of clients: reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, deferred revenue and financial statements.
• Review and manage people: Review work from staff and junior accountants before it goes to the client; manage a small team day-to-day.
• Lead projects: Lead cleanups, catch-up work, system migrations and new client onboarding.
• Automation and AI: Use AI tools like Claude and Codex in daily work, build automations and workflows.
• Work with clients: Be a point of contact for founders and finance teams; join close reviews.

Skills

US GAAP

Staff mentoring

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Proactive problem solving

English writing

Education

CPA (US or PH) or pursuing

Bachelor's in Accounting

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Gusto

Ramp

Excel/Google Sheets

Job description

Private Advertiser is seeking a senior accountant for an independent contractor role to own the close for a portfolio of clients, review work, and lead a small team. You will own the close for a set of clients, review and manage a small team, run projects from start to finish, and help automate manual parts of accounting.

You will work directly with founders and finance teams, ensure US GAAP compliance, and mentor staff while delivering high-quality financial reporting for US startups and small