Senior Accountant / Accounting Manager

NetBox Labs, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NetBox Labs is seeking an accounting professional to own core finance operations and drive automation using AI. You will manage month-end close, accounts payable, reconciliations, and audit readiness in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

You’ll partner across teams to identify bottlenecks, implement AI-powered workflows, and improve accuracy and scalability of financial processes. A strong accounting foundation and familiarity with modern tools are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including close ownership in a dynamic startup SaaS or startup software environment.
• Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals and high attention to detail.
• Proven experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) in your current role and comfort picking up new automation tools quickly (e.g., n8n, Zapier).
• A finance engineer's mindset: you build scalable processes that reduce work and increase accuracy for all stakeholders.
• Strong judgement regarding which activities should be automated and which require human review.
• Experience leading or supporting a financial audit.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Online, Rillet, or a similar GL/ERP system.
• Experience managing AP, expense, or corporate card programs (Ramp or similar) is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA a plus but not required

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, flux analysis, and supporting schedules.
• Own accounts payable, employee reimbursements, and corporate card programs, ensuring accurate coding and timely month-end accruals.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations with clear supporting documentation.
• Partner with the Controller to continuously improve and automate the month-end close by identifying bottlenecks and designing AI-powered workflows that increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Evaluate emerging AI, automation, and Finance technology solutions, recommend improvements, and lead implementation where appropriate.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering and other teams to identify automation opportunities, connect systems, and eliminate manual processes across Finance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and ad hoc projects as needed.
• Support audit readiness by preparing audit schedules, maintaining documentation, coordinating auditor requests, and helping ensure ongoing compliance.
• Take ownership of ad hoc special projects that improve how Finance operates

Skills

Close ownership

AI tools

Automation

SaaS accounting

Journal entries

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Ramp

Rillet

Job description

At NetBox Labs, we're building the future of network automation. We are looking for an accounting professional with a finance engineer's mindset — someone who owns core accounting operations while using AI and automation to make Finance more accurate, efficient, and scalable.

This is a hands-on, high-ownership role responsible for the month-end close, accounts payable, expenses, reconciliations, and audit readiness. You’ll identify manual processes, build practical automations, and partner across the organization to improve how work gets done. Automation is the throughline across everything you do. This role is ideal for someone with deep SaaS experience who takes pride in getting the numbers right.

What You'll Do

• Own the month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations, flux analysis, and supporting schedules
• Own accounts payable, employee reimbursements, and corporate card programs, ensuring accurate coding and timely month-end accruals
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations with clear supporting documentation
• Partner with the Controller to continuously improve and automate the month-end close by identifying bottlenecks and designing AI-powered workflows that increase accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Evaluate emerging AI, automation, and Finance technology solutions, recommend improvements, and lead implementation where appropriate
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering and other teams to identify automation opportunities, connect systems, and eliminate manual processes across Finance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and ad hoc projects as needed
• Support audit readiness by preparing audit schedules, maintaining documentation, coordinating auditor requests, and helping ensure ongoing compliance.
• Take ownership of ad hoc special projects that improve how Finance operates

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including close ownership in a dynamic startup SaaS or startup software environment
• Strong knowledge of accounting fundamentals and high attention to detail
• Proven experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) in your current role and comfort picking up new automation tools quickly (e.g., n8n, Zapier)
• A finance engineer's mindset: you build scalable processes that reduce work and increase accuracy for all stakeholders
• Strong judgement regarding which activities should be automated and which require human review
• Experience leading or supporting a financial audit
• Proficiency in QuickBooks Online, Rillet, or a similar GL/ERP system
• Experience managing AP, expense, or corporate card programs (Ramp or similar) is preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA a plus but not required

Our Stack

Accounting Systems

• General Ledger: QuickBooks Online
• AP & Corporate Cards: Ramp
• Billing & AR: Tabs
• Payroll: Justworks, Deel
• CRM: Hubspot
• Sales Tax: Anrok
• FP&A: Spreadsheets (for now - we’re always open to improving our stack!)

About NetBox Labs:

NetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community.

NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of open source NetBox, the world’s most popular network source of truth, and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. Our products include NetBox Enterprise, a fully supported self-managed NetBox with advanced features, and NetBox Cloud, a secure, scalable, and reliable SaaS edition of NetBox.

NetBox powers thousands of companies, and NetBox Labs is backed by investment from Notable Capital (formerly GGV), Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital.

Our culture and values:

• We own and solve problems with high attention to detail.
• Our open source contributors, users, customers & team are all part of our community. When our community wins, we win.
• We prioritize simplicity and think twice before adding complexity
• Clear communication helps keep our team aligned and collaborating smoothly.

NetBox Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams build better software, and we welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. If you need accommodation at any point in the process, just let us know.