Staff Accountant

Bain & Company; 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

Where most teams see a spreadsheet, Bain & Company sees opportunity, and this Staff Accountant role in Berkeley, CA is where that opportunity gets quantified. Strip away the buzzwords and here's the deal — $173,000 - $239,000, remote hours, and a finance team at Bain & Company that actually hands you the keys.

Key Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Walk auditors through documentation so clean it answers itself
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty
• Shepherd the year-end candor-rich 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

What You'll Bring

• 9 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Practical command of CIA Certification, with bonus points for Due Diligence
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams
• Proven aptitude for SAP, ideally near Berkeley, CA

Bain & Company blends ACCA and Payroll Processing into finance products that feel, in the entrepreneurial words of its Berkeley, CA founders, inevitable. We move fast on Attention Management but slow down whenever someone says they feel rushed past good judgment.

The whole offer in one line: $173,000 - $239,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible remote hours that respect the life you have in CA.

This opening is current to the minute and openly recruiting today.

Bring 7 of grit or a fresh perspective; either way, this Staff Accountant role wants you.