Staff Accountant

Respondology; Boulder (CO); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Hybrid work model in Boulder

Job summary

Respondology, based in Boulder, CO, seeks a detail-driven Staff Accountant to own day-to-day books: AR, AP, reconciliations, revenue recognition under GAAP, and month-end close. This is the first in-house accounting hire and reports to the CFO.

You will collaborate with Sales and Customer Success on invoicing and collections, help build scalable processes, and support budgeting and forecasting as the finance function grows. The role is hybrid with a strong growth path.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of full-cycle accounting in a startup or SaaS environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP with ownership of core accounting processes: GL, AP, AR, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience with revenue recognition and financial statements for a SaaS business (ASC 606).

Responsibilities

• Own accounts receivable end-to-end: invoicing, applying cash deposits, and driving collections.
• Manage customer invoicing in Tabs, ensuring bills go out accurately and on time.
• Process accounts payable, including vendor invoices, payment runs, and AP inbox management.
• Serve as the first point of contact for the shared accounting inbox with internal and external queries.
• Own revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP and ensure timely, accurate recognition.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations for bank, credit card, and expenses, plus key agency partner accounts.
• Independently manage the month-end close and produce financial statements and internal reports for leadership.
• Maintain a clean general ledger with documentation to support audits, tax filings, and compliance.
• Partner with fractional CFO to transition day-to-day accounting processes in-house and document workflows.
• Identify inefficiencies in accounting workflows and propose improvements, including data cleanliness and automation.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting and share insights with cross-functional teams.
• Assist in onboarding future accounting teammates as the function grows.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Full-cycle accounting

SaaS startup experience

Excel/Google Sheets

Autonomous work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

QuickBooks Online

NetSuite

Job description

Respondology is the AI-powered social engagement platform that modernizes how social marketers moderate, listen to, and respond to comments at scale.

The world’s top brands rely on Respondology to transform comment sections into community, commerce, and competitive intelligence. Fast to deploy and easy to use, our customers engage with over 2 billion collective followers every month.

About the role:

Respondology is seeking a detail-driven Staff Accountant to become our first dedicated, in-house accounting hire. You’ll own the day-to-day engine of our books: AR, AP, reconciliations, revenue recognition, and month-end close; and help build the processes that will carry our finance function as we scale.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of hands-on accounting experience, a strong command of GAAP (including revenue recognition), and experience running month-end close. You’re the kind of person who can’t leave a reconciliation unbalanced, and who starts looking for a better way to do a task the second time you do it.We seek an ambitious self-starter who is motivated to hit the ground running from day one.

This role works directly with our CFO and has exponential opportunity for growth as the first core in-house accounting team member. You’ll be the go-to person for all things accounting across Respondology: working with Sales and Customer Success on invoicing and collections, helping teammates with expense reimbursements, managing vendor payments, and delivering the timely, accurate financials leadership relies on to make strategic decisions. Your work on collections and cash will tie directly to our revenue goals, and you’ll have real room to shape how our accounting function is built from the ground up.

What you’ll do:

• Own accounts receivable end to end: invoicing, applying cash deposits, and driving collections on outstanding balances to keep our cash position on track
• Manage customer invoicing in Tabs, ensuring bills go out accurately and on time
• Process accounts payable, including vendor invoices, payment runs, and management of the AP inbox
• Serve as the first point of contact for the shared accounting inbox, responding to internal and external questions quickly and accurately
• Own revenue recognition in accordance with GAAP, ensuring revenue is recorded accurately and on schedule
• Prepare monthly bank, credit card, and expense reimbursement reconciliations, plus reconciliations for key agency partner accounts
• Independently manage the month-end close, keeping the close calendar on track and preparing the financial statements and internal reports leadership relies on
• Maintain an accurate general ledger, identify and resolve discrepancies, and keep clean documentation to support audits, tax filings, and compliance
• Partner with our fractional CFO team to transition day-to-day accounting processes in-house, documenting workflows as you go
• Identify inefficiencies in our accounting workflows and propose improvements, from cleaner data entry to automation
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting, analyzing financial performance and sharing operational insights with cross-functional teams
• Share best practices and help onboard future accounting teammates as the function grows

What we’re looking for:

• 3–5 years of full-cycle accounting experience, ideally in a startup or SaaS environment
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP and hands-on ownership of core accounting processes: general ledger, AP, AR, reconciliations, and month-end close
• Experience with revenue recognition and preparing financial statements, ideally for a SaaS business (ASC 606)
• Proven ability to work autonomously, spotting and resolving discrepancies without close oversight
• Hands-on experience with cloud accounting software (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, or similar) and strong Excel/Google Sheets skills
• Exceptional attention to detail: you take pride in books that tie out
• Strong organization and time management, with the ability to juggle multiple deadlines, especially around close
• Clear, friendly communication skills and the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance teammates
• An ownership mindset: you’re resourceful, proactive, and excited to build process where it doesn’t exist yet
• Nice to have: Experience with billing/AR automation tools like Tabs
• Nice to have: Experience transitioning accounting work from an outsourced firm to an in-house team
• Nice to have: CPA, or working toward one

Compensation:

$70,000–$80,000 DOE + bonus eligible. This position is open until filled.

Location:

This is a hybrid position based in Boulder, CO, with team members in the office 2 days per week.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary + equity
• Hybrid flexibility, with a home base in our Boulder, CO office
• Flex PTO, generous holidays, and a full week off between Christmas and New Year's
• Multiple healthcare options including FSA/HSA plans
• 401k (traditional and Roth) with company match, immediately vested
• Fully paid family and parental leave (12 weeks per year)
• Twice-yearly team offsites

What to expect:

This is a startup. The pace is fast and the playbook is still being written. If you do your best work inside a fully built structure, this probably isn't the right fit. If the idea of building that structure sounds exciting, we'd love to meet you.

What matters:

We recognize the value in how different backgrounds and unique experiences shape our ways of thinking. These perspectives spark the conversations that enrich our culture and, in turn, improve our products. We invite anyone who feels they are qualified to apply and join a team united by the drive to build something that matters.

The pay range for this role is:

70,000 - 80,000 USD per year (Boulder Office)