Staff Accountant

Egreenservices; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Health coverage

Paid growth time

Job summary

Paramount in Iowa City, IA seeks a Staff Accountant to own variance analysis and forecasting in a fast-paced environment. Earn $119,000 - $177,000 with mentorship, health coverage, paid growth time, and a temporary arrangement that respects your evenings.

You’ll translate GAAP nuance into actionable guidance for the local team, partner cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy, and support pricing and unit economics modeling under a lead-level temporary structure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of real-world accounting experience.
• Experience leading in temporary roles.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and financial analysis.
• Ability to forecast and model pricing and margins.

Responsibilities

• Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom.
• Watch the burn rate and sound the alarm a quarter early.
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Iowa City team can apply.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy.
• Field ad-hoc analyses the CFO needs before Monday.
• Support Staff Accountant in pricing and unit economics modeling.
• Stress test pricing models before board review.

Skills

8+ years experience

Self-direction

Cross-functional collaboration

Empathy

Delivery in temporary structure

GAAP knowledge

Pricing and unit economics

Tools

Liquidity management

Job description

The spreadsheets at Paramount are large, the stakes are real, and the Staff Accountant chair has been empty too long. Earn $119,000 - $177,000, own outcomes, and grow your finance career with a team that values 7 years of real experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Build variance commentary executives actually read top to bottom
• Watch the burn rate and sound the alarm a quarter early
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the Iowa City team can apply
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecasting accuracy
• Field the deeply collaborative ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday
• Support the Staff Accountant in modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics
• Pressure-test pricing models before they reach the Paramount board

What You'll Bring

• Judgment seasoned by at least 8 years of real consequences
• Self-direction that survives a quiet Slack channel
• Experience at the lead level inside a temporary role
• 7 years of Liquidity Management práctica, plus a hunger for what's next
• A track record of boldly-pragmatic delivery in a temporary structure
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• 7 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it

For over 8 years, Paramount has built fast-paced solutions that help teams in Iowa City, IA get more done. At Paramount you're trusted with the why, not just handed the what.

The number is $119,000 - $177,000; the rest is mentorship, health coverage, paid growth time, and a temporary arrangement that respects your evenings.

Your Multitasking story isn't finished, and the next chapter might be a Staff Accountant role here.