Staff Accountant — GAAP & Automation Focus (Hybrid)

Phusion Projects, LLC.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligibility

Cell phone allowance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The Staff Accountant is a hands‑on role on the US accounting team, reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager and working closely with the Senior Accountant on month‑end close, accounts payable, cash application, and reconciliations.

You will learn and eventually take ownership of core processes, and as you grow in the role, be expected to make them better: find what can be automated, standardized, or eliminated, and bring ideas forward without waiting to be asked.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of professional accounting experience; public accounting or month-end close experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• CPA, or pursuing CPA licensure, a plus.
• Solid understanding of GAAP, account reconciliations, and accrual accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables) and strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Exposure to Power Query, Power BI, Power Automate or other data and automation tools a plus, or a demonstrated interest in learning them.
• NetSuite experience strongly preferred; experience with Numeric, Ramp, or similar close management and AP/spend platforms a plus.
• Prior experience in consumer products, beverage, or distribution environment a plus.
• Ability to explain accounting topics clearly to finance and non‑financial staff.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, high‑change environment, with an interest in the beverage industry.
• Spanish speaking a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations, maintain general ledger accounts, and own assigned tasks in the monthly close in Numeric.
• Take ownership of billing, cash application, and accounts payable processing in Ramp and NetSuite, including three‑way matching and payment runs, with the explicit goal of reducing manual effort over time by identifying what can be automated, standardized, or eliminated.
• Apply GAAP and follow internal controls and company policies in all work performed.
• Identify and propose improvements to close, AP, and reconciliation processes, and help implement them, using tools such as NetSuite saved searches, Numeric, Ramp, and AI.
• Support intercompany reconciliations with international subsidiaries.
• Work closely with other departments, including Finance, Sales, and Supply Chain, to resolve issues.
• Prepare schedules requested by internal and external auditors.
• Prepare or assist with federal excise and sales tax returns and reconcile them to general ledger activity
• Work on special projects and perform other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Advanced Excel

GAAP knowledge

Analytical skills

Power BI

Power Query

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA licensure (pursuing a plus)

Tools

NetSuite

Numeric

Ramp

Power Automate

Job description

The Staff Accountant is a hands‑on role on the US accounting team, reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager and working closely with the Senior Accountant on month‑end close, accounts payable, cash application, and reconciliations.

You will learn and eventually take ownership of core processes, and as you grow in the role, be expected to make them better: find what can be automated, standardized, or eliminated, and bring ideas forward without waiting to be asked.