Finance Automation Engineer for Clean, Scalable Workflows

Spotter AI; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotter Labs is seeking an Accounting Automation Engineer to streamline manual accounting and finance tasks through automation across multiple systems and data exports.

The role focuses on reconcilations, journal-entry preparation, close tracking, and reporting, with opportunity to expand into other departments as the company grows. Strong data skills and documentation habits are essential for scalable, accurate processes.

Qualifications

• Experience automating manual processes with the listed tools.
• Strong ability to work with data exports, reports, spreadsheets, and system-generated files.
• Understanding of accounting or finance processes, including reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close, AP, payroll, reporting, or financial analysis.
• Ability to map a current process, identify failure points, and build a cleaner workflow.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with non-technical users and translate business problems into automated solutions.
• Good documentation habits.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where systems and processes are still being built.

Responsibilities

• Review manual accounting and finance workflows and identify opportunities for automation.
• Build repeatable processes across multiple systems, exports, reports, and data sources.
• Improve reconciliations, journal-entry preparation, close tracking, reporting, and exception management.
• Help connect operational data to accounting and finance processes.
• Create templates, scripts, dashboards, workflows, and documentation that reduce manual work.
• Work with accounting, finance, operations, and technology teams to understand process gaps and build practical solutions.
• Design controls so automation improves accuracy rather than simply speeding up bad processes.
• Create exception-based workflows so teams can focus on issues instead of routine data entry.
• Document processes clearly so they can be maintained and improved over time.

Skills

Automation tools

Data analysis

Non-technical communication

Documentation

Attention to detail

Education

Accounting/finance background

Data analytics background

Engineering background

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Python

Power Query

VBA

Google Apps Script

Zapier

Make

Power Automate

APIs

Job description

Spotter Labs is seeking an Accounting Automation Engineer to streamline manual accounting and finance tasks through automation across multiple systems and data exports.

The role focuses on reconcilations, journal-entry preparation, close tracking, and reporting, with opportunity to expand into other departments as the company grows. Strong data skills and documentation habits are essential for scalable, accurate processes.