Staff Accountant

Tive, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office-based or hybrid options

Competitive equity

Job summary

Tive, Inc. in Boston, MA is seeking a Staff Accountant to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial reporting. You will play a key role in the monthly close, ensure GAAP compliance, reconcile cash, and maintain balance sheet schedules.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, has a solid understanding of U.S. GAAP, strong communication, and a detail-oriented approach to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills essential for conveying complex financial information.
• Solid understanding of United States GAAP and accounting principles.
• Ability to meet deadlines with a detail-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Monthly close process accuracy and timely completion.
• Reconcile domestic and international bank accounts and balance sheet schedules.
• Prepare and book monthly expense accruals and reallocations.
• Support annual audits and maintain internal controls.

Skills

Communication

US GAAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Job description

About this position

At Tive , we imagine a fully-transparent world in which everything and everyone is connected. We innovate beyond what the world thought possible—so what people hold near and dear arrives on time and in full.

We believe (and live!) four core values:

• Transparency First: We make everything visible so that everyone can operate better
• Always strive to make things simpler
• We are One Team, we have each other's backs
• Relentless iteration to optimize and improve

Whether shipped by road, rail, ocean, or air, Tive reduces shipment delays, minimizes rejected loads, and decreases theft, damage, and spoilage. Our customers count on Tive to ensure that their shipments are delivered on time and in full—because every shipment matters.

As a Staff Accountant at Tive, your work will ensure the accuracy and integrity of our financial reporting. You will be a key player in the monthly close process, ensuring that accounting policies are properly followed, cash is reconciled, monthly GAAP-required accruals are booked, and our Balance Sheet ties out to underlying schedules. Your role in annual audits and maintaining our internal controls will fortify our defense against financial risk and and ensure the financial health and future success of Tive.

Our ideal candidate has:

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Solid understanding of the United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, which are essential to effectively convey complex financial information to non-accounting individuals.
• Adherence to deadlines and a detail-oriented approach to performing accounting tasks.

What you'll be doing:

• Monthly Close the Books:
• Reconcile assigned domestic and international bank accounts;
• Calculate and book assigned monthly expense accruals; (3) Calculate and book assigned Income Statement expense re-allocations.
• Balance Sheet Integrity:
• Maintain balance sheet schedules to ensure they reconcile to the Trial Balance Report;
• Investigate and record adjustments/reclasses to ensure compliance with GAAP.
• Accounts Payable:
• Review GL Account and Department coding's made by the AP Coordinator on vendor bills;
• Serve as a backup when AP Coordinator is on PTO.
• Reporting / Account Analysis:
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports;
• Perform GL Account analysis to ensure internal controls are adhered to.
• Ensure the preparation, filing and payment of sales tax returns are done on a timely basis.
• Annual Audit:
• Complete all requested PBCs in a timely and accurate manner as directed by the Sr. Accountant.
• Perform ad hoc analyses and projects as directed by the Global Controller.

Compensation:

The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set.

What does Tive offer?

• A chance to join what may very well turn out to be the most important company in your career.
• The autonomy and resources to build what you know how to build.
• Work with a committed global team that have each others back.
• Office-based or hybrid options. Your choice.
• Competitive equity to ensure all of our employees have a sense of ownership in the long-term success of Tive's growth.

We celebrate diversity, and consider it key to our success as both a team and a company. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect for all employees.