Senior Accountant

Point; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Unlimited PTO

Flexible remote/onsite work

Parental leave

Equity

401K

Job summary

Point is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee day-to-day accounting, month-end close, and GAAP-compliant financial reporting. The role guards ledger integrity, reconciles balance sheet accounts, and supports audits and scalable workflows.

You will manage accounts payable/receivable, consolidate revenue schedules, cash operations, and multi-entity reporting while driving process improvements. This is a remote US role with potential onsite in Palo Alto for some roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with strong general ledger ownership.
• Solid understanding of GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills and large dataset reconciliation.
• Experience with NetSuite and FloQast.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting year-end audits.
• Experience in high-growth or small-team environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform core month-end close including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Manage accounts receivable and monitor aging.
• Refine complex revenue schedules with the manager.
• Oversee daily cash operations and inter-account transfers.
• Monitor investor cash positions.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations.
• Suggest improvements to workflows or software.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and multi-entity reporting.
• Ensure ASC 842 and ASC 606 compliance.
• Analyze investor contracts for custodial accounting.

Skills

GAAP

Advanced Excel

NetSuite

FloQast

Journal entries

Balance sheet

Audit support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FloQast

NetSuite

Job description

About Point

Real Impact, Real People: Our mission at Point is to make homeownership more valuable and accessible. Your work directly helps homeowners access their wealth, achieve financial flexibility, and realize life changing goals.

Funding: With over $175M raised from top investors like Andreessen Horowitz, WestCap, Greylock, and Prudential, we’re scaling fast! You have the opportunity to join us at a pivotal stage.

Game-changing Product: We’re building a category defining company in home equity. We’ve earned a 4.7 Trustpilot rating and an A+ from the BBB, a testament to the value we provide to our 20,000+ customers.

Great Place to Work: Our employees love working here! We are a Certified Great Place to Work and a Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area.

Remote First Culture, Genuine Connection: Work from anywhere in the U.S. while staying closely connected through virtual collaboration, team gatherings, and a people-first culture. Select roles may require onsite work at our Palo Alto office one day per week.

Local or 100% Remote

About the role

The Senior Accountant oversees day-to-day accounting operations, including month-end close, financial reporting, and process improvement. This role safeguards general ledger integrity, reconciles balance sheet accounts, and supports timely, GAAP-compliant financial statements. The Senior Accountant also partners across teams on special projects, audit readiness, and scalable accounting workflows.

Your responsibilities

• Perform core month-end close responsibilities including preparing/posting journal entries, reviewing G/L activity, and reconciling designated balance sheet accounts.
• Manage accounts receivable: invoices, payment applications, and monitor aging.
• Partner with the manager to manage and refine complex revenue schedules.
• Manage daily cash operations, approving inter-account transfers and title company wire disbursements.
• Monitor and manage the company and Investor cash positions.
• Perform monthly bank reconciliations and daily cash reconciliations.
• Make recommendations to improve accounting department efficiency (workflows or software enhancements)
• Prepare and support the preparation of monthly financial statements, consolidations, and multi-entity reporting
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards including ASC 842 (leases) and ASC 606 (revenue recognition).
• Analyze investor contracts to ensure custodial accounting requirements are met.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with strong general ledger ownership.
• Solid understanding of GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Proven experience managing month-end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliation of large datasets.
• Experience with NetSuite, FloQast (close management platform).Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
• Experience supporting year-end audit and working with external auditors.
• Experience in high-growth or small-team environments.

Compensation at Point will be determined by skills, experience, and geographic location. Point has identified the expected annual base salary for this role at this level based on the market by tiers (Region | Location | Market Salary):

• Tier 1 | San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Seattle |$114,000 - $126,000
• Tier 2 | Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Santa Barbara & Washington DC | $98,800 - $109,200
• Tier 3 | All other US metro areas | $90,250 - $99,750

This does not include any other potential components of the compensation package, including equity, benefits, and perks outlined above. At the launch of each position, we benchmark compensation to the appropriate role and level utilizing competitive compensation data from various data sources as references. At the offer stage, we use the signal we received from our interviews, coupled with your experience, location, and other job-related factors, to determine final compensation.

Location Requirement: This is a remote position. However, candidates must reside in one of Point’s states of operation: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI.

Our benefits

• Generous health benefits:We provide comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with options for flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings accounts (HSA).

• Unlimited paid time off:Recharge with unlimited paid time off and 10 company holidays.

• Flexible remote and onsite work:Our teams work from many different locations and time zones. We support fully remote work and also have an amazing in-person environment in our downtown Palo Alto, CA HQ.

• Fully paid parental leave:Point will supplement state Paid Family Leave (PFL) so employees receive 100% of their regular base pay, plus two additional weeks of fully paid leave after state PFL ends. In states without PFL, Point offers up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave. In addition, employees also receive 4 weeks of fully paid transition time, during which you may work 2–3 days per week while receiving full base pay.

• Equity:We offer meaningful equity because we believe in sharing the value you help create. Your contributions directly impact our growth, and your equity gives you a stake in our future success.

• Financial wellness:We provide 401K retirement plans for employees as well as guaranteed life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Extra work/life benefits:We provide monthly stipends for internet, mobile plans, wellness perks, a one-time home office reimbursement, and company provided equipment including a MacBook and monitor.

Point is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities regardless of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. Each individual at Point brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates more innovative products, provides better services to customers, and helps us all grow and learn.

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