Accountant I - Guatemala remote

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Proper, a San Francisco-based startup, is seeking an Accountant I to join a team of 8-10 accountants. You will extract and input accounting data, handle accounts payable, posting journal entries, and support balance sheets and income statements with accuracy.

You should have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and at least 1 year in AP/AR, plus solid English and strong attention to detail. Collaboration with clients and internal teams is key in our fast-paced startup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of 1 year in AP/AR roles.
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• Intermediate knowledge of English, at minimum.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of 8-10 people to extract and input accounting-related information in a fast-paced environment.
• Communication with clients on a daily basis via email.
• Accounts Payable: posting and processing journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements, and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines.
• Update financial data in databases to ensure information is accurate and immediately available when needed.
• Adhere to standard operating procedures to ensure timeliness.
• Bank Account Reconciliation: pulling bank statements and matching all transactions into the software for bank reconciliations.
• Follow SOPs to ensure quality in daily operations.
• Identify and flag unmatched and stale dated transactions to the team General Accountant for follow-up.
• Accounts Receivable: perform low-complexity activities for manual rent invoice posting/cash application processes.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

QuickBooks

Yardi

AppFolio

Jira

HubSpot

Job description

Proper is a quickly growing startup that values your skills, voice, and happiness.

We’re a team of developers, designers, engineers, accountants, CPAs, project managers, and creatives from all over the world. But we’re also surfers, hikers, Sichuan-eaters, photographers, artists, world travelers, meme lovers, and life-havers.

Together, we provide the most technologically advanced property accounting services in the world - and we think that’s pretty epic. We’re proud to be creating something new that improves people’s lives while working together in a culture of collaboration, respect, communication, joy, and personal growth.

Read more about what we do at Proper.ai

We’re proud to create something new that improves people’s lives while working together in a culture of collaboration, respect, communication, joy, and personal growth.

We’re seeking an Accountant I to join our team.

We are looking for someone with great attention to detail to work with a team of 8-10 accountants and help extract and enter accounting data accurately. Your data entry skills will support accounting operations. At Proper, we take pride in delivering amazing results, communicating effectively, and growing our business and this role will be instrumental in continuing that trend.

If that sounds like you and you’re excited by the idea of joining a world-class team that’s passionate about growing together, we look forward to hearing from you.

Proper is a San Francisco based tech startup.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work with a team of 8-10 people to extract and input accounting-related information in a fast-paced environment.

• Communication with clients on a daily basis via email.

• Accounts Payable

• Posting and processing journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.

• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements, and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines.

• Update financial data in databases to ensure that information will be accurate and immediately available when needed.

• Adhere to standard operating procedures to ensure an optimal level of timeliness.

• Bank Account Reconciliation

• Responsible for pulling bank statements and matching all transactions into the software for bank reconciliations.

• Responsible for following the protocols & SOPs established by the company to ensure quality in daily operations.

• Identify and flag unmatched and stale dated transactions (checks remain uncleared for 90 days or longer) to the team General Accountant for follow-up.

• Accounts Receivable

• Perform specific low-complexity activities for the manual rent invoice posting/cash application processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Minimum of 1 year in AP/AR roles.

• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices

• Intermediate knowledge of English, at minimum.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in transitioning or integrating SSC methodologies into a corporate environment.

• Experience working in or with a Shared Service Center.

• Familiarity with major accounting software such as Quickbooks, Yardi, AppFolio, etc.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Attention to detail & ability to manage multiple tasks.

• Strong team player with the ability to work independently.

• Dealing in a fast-paced startup environment is a plus

• Software experience: Jira, Hubspot

Proper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment to work by offering the same opportunities to all applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, disability, national origins, marital status, or other characteristics. We base our talent search exclusively on competencies, abilities and potential.