Senior Accountant @ Start Up

Coda Search│Staffing; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a rapidly growing health-tech company, is seeking a Senior Accountant to own the month-end close, manage ASC 842 lease accounting, and perform in-depth balance sheet and P&L analysis. This high-visibility role exposes you to leadership and offers an opportunity to shape processes as the company scales.

Responsibilities include journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting monthly management and investor packages, with active process improvement and audit support.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience (Big 4 + industry preferred).
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to work in a fast-paced, scaling environment.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close process and ensure timely financial results.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and schedules.
• Analyze balance sheet and P&L accounts for accuracy and policy compliance.
• Maintain and update account reconciliations and drive issue resolution.
• Support monthly financial packages for management and investors.
• Oversee ASC 842 lease accounting: classification, measurement, monitoring.
• Identify process improvements to enhance close efficiency.
• Prepare audit support and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Advanced Excel

US GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA or CPA-track preferred

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Our client is a rapidly growing Series D health-tech company transforming the way patients, providers, and health systems manage care. Backed by top-tier investors, the company is scaling quickly and would be joining an accounting team of 6 people.

The team is seeking a Senior Accountant to play a key role in overseeing month-end close, managing lease accounting under ASC 842, and performing in-depth analysis of balance sheet and P&L accounts. This is a high-visibility position with exposure to leadership and the opportunity to shape processes as the company grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Own critical components of the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely financial results.
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and supporting schedules.
• Perform detailed analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and policy compliance.
• Maintain and update account reconciliations, identifying discrepancies and driving resolution.
• Support the preparation of monthly financial packages for management and investors.
• Manage the end-to-end lease accounting process under ASC 842, including classification, measurement, and ongoing monitoring of lease arrangements.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the close cycle.
• Prepare audit support for external auditors and ensure compliance with accounting policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or CPA-track strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience (Big 4 + industry preferred; health-tech/SaaS a plus).
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with modern ERPs (NetSuite preferred).
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and able to work in a fast-paced, scaling environment.