Experienced Staff Accountant

The Health Institute; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Health Institute is seeking an Experienced Staff Accountant to join our remote Finance & Accounting team. You will support monthly close, handle reconciliations, journal entries, and various accounting duties across multiple entities. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role requires attention to detail, ownership, and the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

CPA not required. Minimum 2–4 years of progressive accounting experience, proficiency in Excel/Sheets,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online and Bill.com.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Reliability and ownership of work.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Own assigned balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process.
• Reconcile bank, credit card, merchant processor, and financing activity.
• Support Accounts Payable, including categorization, accruals, and vendor reconciliations.
• Support payroll and intercompany accounting.
• Maintain prepaid expense, accrued expense, and fixed asset schedules.
• Assist with deferred revenue and revenue recognition schedules.
• Assist with refund and allowance schedules and sales tax reporting.
• Prepare recurring financial reporting support.
• Support year-end tax and external accounting requests.
• Document recurring processes and identify opportunities to improve, simplify, or automate them.

Skills

Journal entries

Account reconciliations

Month-end close

Excel/Google Sheets

QuickBooks Online

Bill.com

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Shopify

Recurly

EPD

Job description

Experienced Staff Accountant Remote – U.S. | Full-Time | Finance & Accounting

$60,000–$75,000 annually, depending on experience. Reports to: Financial Controller. CPA: Not Required

About the Role We’re looking for an Experienced Staff Accountant to join our growing Finance & Accounting team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role will support the monthly close process and take ownership of recurring accounting responsibilities across multiple entities. This is a great opportunity for an accountant with a strong foundation who is ready to continue learning, take on greater responsibility, and contribute to building accurate, efficient, and scalable accounting processes. You’ll work across a variety of accounting functions, including reconciliations, journal entries, accounts payable, payroll, intercompany accounting, revenue, financial reporting, and month-end close.

What Will Make Someone Successful Here

• Learns quickly and asks thoughtful questions
• Takes ownership of their responsibilities
• Follows through and meets deadlines
• Is comfortable working independently in a remote environment
• Pays close attention to detail and accuracy
• Looks for opportunities to improve processes
• Wants to leave processes better than they found them

What You’ll Do

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Own assigned balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
• Reconcile bank, credit card, merchant processor, and financing activity
• Support Accounts Payable, including categorization, accruals, and vendor reconciliations
• Support payroll and intercompany accounting
• Maintain prepaid expense, accrued expense, and fixed asset schedules
• Assist with deferred revenue and revenue recognition schedules
• Assist with refund and allowance schedulesAssist with sales tax reporting and supporting schedules
• Prepare recurring financial reporting support
• Support year-end tax and external accounting requests
• Document recurring processes and identify opportunities to improve, simplify, or automate them

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 2–4 years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills
• Experience with QuickBooks Online and Bill.com
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Demonstrated reliability and ownership of work
• A continuous-improvement mindset and interest in making processes more accurate, efficient, and scalable

Nice to Have

• Multi-entity accounting experience
• Exposure to deferred revenue or ASC 606
• Experience with high-volume consumer, subscription, e-commerce, or healthcare businesses
• Experience with payment processors
• Familiarity with tools such as Shopify, Recurly, or EPD
• Comfort using automation and AI to improve efficiency while maintaining independent judgment, accuracy, and accountability