Senior Staff Accountant - Remote, High-Impact Finance Lead

Bain & Company, Inc.; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible remote hours

Job summary

Bain & Company, Inc. in Berkeley, CA is hiring a Staff Accountant to quantify opportunity from complex datasets. The role emphasizes ownership of grant funding, audits, and precise tax forecasting while operating with flexible remote hours.

You’ll build budgets, defend assumptions, partner with auditors, and drive financial insight using SAP and CIA certification principles. The team offers mentorship, benefits, and a flexible schedule that fits life in California.

Qualifications

• Nine years experience? The ad calls for 9 years of experience.
• Practical command of CIA Certification, with bonus points for Due Diligence.
• Sharp organizational skills and ability to juggle multiple workstreams.
• Proven aptitude for SAP, ideally near Berkeley, CA.

Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts and compliance reporting.
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself.
• Forecast tax payments precisely to avoid underpayment penalties.
• Shepherd the year-end audit from PBC list to signed opinion.
• Track every finance expense back to a source document.
• Analyze financial data using CIA Certification to surface trends and risks.
• Build the $173,000 - $239,000 budget line and defend each assumption behind it.

Skills

CIA Certification

SAP

Organizational skills

Due Diligence

Tools

SAP

Job description

Bain & Company, Inc. in Berkeley, CA is hiring a Staff Accountant to quantify opportunity from complex datasets. The role emphasizes ownership of grant funding, audits, and precise tax forecasting while operating with flexible remote hours.

You’ll build budgets, defend assumptions, partner with auditors, and drive financial insight using SAP and CIA certification principles. The team offers mentorship, benefits, and a flexible schedule that fits life in California.